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.
| A major in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 35
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA | 37
(3.9%) |  |  | |
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| | Benedict College
Columbia, SC | 13
(3.8%) |  | | |
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| | Utica College
Utica, NY | 11
(2.3%) |  |  | |
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| | Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN | 8
(1.9%) | |  | |
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| | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
La Crosse, WI | 28
(1.8%) | | | |
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| | College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, OH | 7
(1.8%) | | | |
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| | Alderson Broaddus College
Philippi, WV | 2
(1.5%) | | | |
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| | Hannibal-Lagrange College
Hannibal, MO | 3
(1.5%) | | | |
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| | Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC | 19
(1.2%) | | | |
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| | Ashland University
Ashland, OH | 7
(1.2%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.