Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 33,081.

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.

U of U Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
• Master’s Degree in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

U of U Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Rankings

The therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy major at U of U 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.

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at U of U since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy at U of U 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 University of Utah with a bachelor's in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

U of U Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy master's degree from U of U, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Utah with a master's in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy.

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

Related Majors

• Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Health Specialties Professors	2,120	$141,550
Recreational Therapists	380	$48,230

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.