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Best Schools for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in Illinois
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
No school ranked higher than Aurora University this year for therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Aurora University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Aurora. Aurora University graduates 60% of students within six years. There were roughly 12 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Aurora University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degree from Aurora University earn around $41,856 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $23,750 to complete this degree.
More information about a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy from Aurora University
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 4 schools evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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