Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Grand Valley State University

If you plan to study therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy, take a look at what Grand Valley State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. Of the 660 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University in 2021, 42 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.

GVSU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

GVSU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs across the country. The following shows how GVSU 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 GVSU 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
Best Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Recreational Therapy Schools	25

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at GVSU awarded 42 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 2% of these degrees went to men with the other 98% going to women.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University 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	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GVSU 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

• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Occupational Therapy

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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020
Recreational Therapists	710	$51,280

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.