Therapeutic Recreation Recreational Therapy

A program that prepares individuals to plan, organize, and direct recreational activities designed to promote health and well-being for patients who are physically, mentally, or emotionally disabled. Includes instruction in the foundations of therapeutic recreation, leisure education and counseling, program planning, therapeutic recreational modalities, basic anatomy and physiology, psychology, medical terminology, human growth and development, patient observation and evaluation, special needs populations, and professional standards and ethics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 54 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2486 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

673

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,664

awards given

Top Schools for Therapeutic Recreation Recreational Therapy

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	189
2	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	162
3	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	156
4	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	132
5	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	126
6	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	120
7	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	105
8	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	99
9	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	87
10	Connecticut State Community College Hartford, CT	84
11	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	81
12	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC	75
13	Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA	75
14	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	72
15	Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC	69
16	Aurora University Aurora, IL	60
17	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	57
18	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	57
19	CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx, NY	51
20	CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY	48
21	Catawba College Salisbury, NC	48
22	Fremont University Cerritos, CA	36
23	Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO	36
24	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	33
25	York College of Pennsylvania York, PA	33
26	Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC	32
27	Kean University Union, NJ	30
28	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	27
29	Longwood University Farmville, VA	24
30	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	24
31	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	21
32	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	21
33	Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, IN	21
34	Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia Beach, VA	21
35	Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI	18
36	University of South Alabama Mobile, AL	18
37	Ridgewater College Willmar, MN	18
38	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	12
39	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	12
40	Springfield College Springfield, MA	12
41	Regis College Weston, MA	12
42	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	12
43	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	9
44	Prescott College Prescott, AZ	9
45	Austin Community College District Austin, TX	6
46	Chicago State University Chicago, IL	6
47	St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill, NY	6
48	Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WI	4
49	Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH	4
50	University of Maine Orono, ME	4
51	Minnesota North College Hibbing, MN	3
52	Washington County Community College Calais, ME	3
53	Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills, IL	3
54	Utica University Utica, NY	3