Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Catawba College

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

Catawba is located in Salisbury, North Carolina and approximately 1,371 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from Catawba.

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.

Catawba Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

Catawba Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy major at Catawba 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Recreational Therapy Schools	3
Most Popular Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Most Popular Recreational Therapy Schools	29

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Student Demographics at Catawba

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy majors at Catawba College.

Catawba Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from Catawba. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy at Catawba 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 Catawba College with a bachelor's in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Catawba 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 NC, the home state for Catawba College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Recreational Therapists	400	$47,600

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.