2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is the 459th most popular major in the country with 870 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 74 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. To top this list, a school must have a successful therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 28 ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Utah Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Provo Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Rexburg, Idaho, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full BYU - I Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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