If you plan on majoring in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #459 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
There was only one school in Illinois to review for the 2025 Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in Illinois ranking.
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 Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in Illinois
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degree levels they offer.
Top Illinois Schools in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
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).