Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Brigham Young University - Provo

What traits are you looking for in a therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy school? To help you decide if Brigham Young University - Provo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. Of the 519 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University - Provo in 2021, 25 of them were therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

BYU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

BYU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs across the country. The following shows how BYU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Recreational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Recreational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
	28
Most Focused Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
	42

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from BYU. This is the #8 most popular school for therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from BYU, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy at BYU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

BYU also has a doctoral program available in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Grads May Go Into

A degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Health Specialties Professors	2,120	$141,550
Recreational Therapists	380	$48,230

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.