Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Nova Southeastern University

If you are interested in studying therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy, you may want to check out the program at Nova Southeastern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and approximately 20,888 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from NUS Florida.

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.

NUS Florida Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NUS Florida offers distance education options for therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NUS Florida Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Rankings

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

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 NUS Florida 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	13
Best Value Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value Recreational Therapy Schools	41

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from NUS Florida. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Nova Southeastern 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	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NUS Florida 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

• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy/Therapist

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Recreational Therapists	480	$48,290

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.