Master of Science in Recreational Therapy

Recreational therapists help people adapt and grow through recreation and leisure.
Your future could be working to improve the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities or illnesses by creating therapeutic programs. These goal-directed programs are in areas such as exercise, aquatics, expressive arts, music and more.

UWL has been recognized nationally for "Excellence in Therapeutic Recreation Education." And the university is one of the few nationwide to offer therapeutic recreation as its own independent major.

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution. An overall undergraduate grade point average of at least 2.85 on a 4.00 scale, or An average of at least 3.00 in the last half of all undergraduate work, or An average of at least 3.00 for no less than 12 semester credits of graduate study at another accredited graduate school. Official TOEFL score of at least 79 iBT or 550 pBT Official IELTS score of at least 6.0