Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at East Carolina University

Every therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at East Carolina University stacks up to those at other schools.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from ECU.

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.

ECU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

ECU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy progam at ECU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 ECU 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 Popular Recreational Therapy Schools	4

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy majors earned their bachelor's degree from ECU. Of these graduates, 6% were men and 94% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy at ECU 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ECU 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

• Rehabilitation Science
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

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 East Carolina University.

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
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.