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 8
North Carolina
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC | 19
(1.2%) |  |  | |
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| | East Carolina University
Greenville, NC | 38
(1.1%) |  | | |
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| | Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC | 8
(0.9%) | | | |
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| | University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Wilmington, NC | 20
(0.8%) | | | |
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| | Catawba College
Salisbury, NC | 2
(0.7%) | |  | |
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| | Belmont Abbey College
Belmont, NC | 1
(0.6%) | | | |
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| | Shaw University
Raleigh, NC | 2
(0.5%) |  | | |
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| | Mount Olive College
Mount Olive, NC | 2
(0.3%) |  | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.