Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Winston - Salem State University

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

WSSU is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 5,169. Of the 428 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Winston - Salem State University in 2021, 21 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.

WSSU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

WSSU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy progam at WSSU 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 WSSU 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	4
Most Popular Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Recreational Therapy Schools	14
Best Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
	29
Best Value Recreational Therapy Schools	32
Best Recreational Therapy Schools	36
	43

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Student Demographics at WSSU

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

WSSU Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

The therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at WSSU awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women. The typical therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at WSSU since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Winston - Salem State University with a bachelor's in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WSSU 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

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
• 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 NC, the home state for Winston - Salem State 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 Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.