2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Recreational Therapy

RECREATIONAL THERAPY DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

It is quite uncommon to find an American undergrad majoring in recreational therapy. Each focus confers around 6,000 annual bachelor's degrees; last spring, 842 people were granted bachelor's degrees in recreational therapy, making it the nation's 231st most popular major. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse​ conferred 74 of those degrees (#1 in the United States of America), and colleges in North Carolina handed out more degrees than any American State (198).

Selecting the best college may probably not be easy, since undergrad degrees in recreational therapy are available at 32 schools around the country. There are 6 colleges offering the typical subject per every college offering a four-year degree in recreational therapy, making it the 334th most widely offered US degree.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While last May, 95% of degrees in recreational therapy were bachelor's degrees; 5% were postgraduate degrees. Recreational therapy is the 347th most popular graduate degree in America, with 41 degrees conferred. To put that in context, the average subject is 67.7 times more popular among postgrads than recreational therapy.

In Total, 883 students received a bachelor's or higher in recreational therapy last May.

ONLINE RECREATIONAL THERAPY DEGREES

1 of those 883 students (0.1%) received their degrees entirely remotely - 0 undergraduate students and 1 postgrad. It's at the moment the 311th most in-demand online postgraduate degree, and 99.8% under the nation's average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE RECREATIONAL THERAPY DEGREES

• Last year, 217 people received bachelor's degrees in recreational therapy partially online
• 31 institutions nationally have a four-year degree in recreational therapy partially online
• 25.77% of all four-year degree in recreational therapy are completed partially online
• 1.03% of Winston-Salem State University's​ last undergraduate class majored in recreational therapy partially online, higher than any other US school
• The typical major confers 1,368 annual bachelor's degrees partially online

IN-PERSON RECREATIONAL THERAPY DEGREES

• Recreational therapy is the 225th most common in-person bachelor's degree in America
• Recreational therapy is the 368th most universally offered in-person college degree in the nation
• 74.11% of all college degree in recreational therapy are done fully in-person
• Temple University​ granted 58 exclusively in-person undergrad degrees in recreational therapy, more than any other American college
• The average discipline hands out 1,836 annual postgraduate degrees entirely in-person