Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

STEM • Health Professions And Related Programs

What is it about?

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.

Numbers at a glance

267th
Popular nationwide
344
Search Rank on O's List
30
Colleges offer it
837
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
86
Women
751

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O's Insights on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 5 years after increasing prior to that.
  • 86% of graduates come from public universities.

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