2025 Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #303 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 65 bachelor's degrees in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Rocky Mountains Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy has to take a look at University of Utah. U of U is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.More information about a bachelor’s in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from University of Utah

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Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, ID

40 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Brigham Young University - Idaho if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Located in the town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from Brigham Young University - Idaho

Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Colleges by State

Explore the best therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	415	53
Idaho	312	21

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Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Related Rankings by Major

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is one of 16 different types of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Animal-Assisted Therapy	19
Music Therapy	11
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	5
Art Therapy	4
Physical Therapy/Therapist	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.