Therapeutic Recreation Therapy

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Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$7,716
growing 0%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$32,868
growing 1.51%

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In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Therapeutic Recreation Therapy degree recipients are New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, and La Crosse, WI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Therapeutic Recreation Therapy is a bachelors degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy and the types of students that study this field. Temple University awards the most degrees in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy in the US, but Fremont University and Virginia Wesleyan University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy.

Tuition costs for Therapeutic Recreation Therapy majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $32,868 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Therapeutic Recreation Therapy programs are false institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (660 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy (2022)
  1. 66 degrees awarded
  2. 62 degrees awarded
  3. 52 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy, is Public, 4-year or above (660 completions in 2022).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Therapeutic Recreation Therapy programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,716
Median In-State Public
$32,868
Median Out of State Private

Temple University has the most Therapeutic Recreation Therapy degree recipients, with 66 degrees awarded in 2022.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer Therapeutic Recreation Therapy programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Fremont University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy, with 16.1%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy
  1. 66 degrees awarded
  2. 62 degrees awarded
  3. 56 degrees awarded

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
  1. 500%
  2. 200%
  3. 115%

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Health in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Health degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Health (561 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Therapeutic Recreation Therapy is from the 2 Digit Course Health.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (88.1%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    561 degrees awarded
  2. Black or African American
    123 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    120 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  2. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded
  3. N/A
    N/A degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Therapeutic Recreation Therapy.

N/A students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Therapeutic Recreation Therapy field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Therapeutic Recreation Therapy majors need many skills, but most especially Service Orientation. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Therapeutic Recreation Therapy majors need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Service Orientation, and Coordination.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Therapeutic Recreation Therapy majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operations Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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