Abstract
Objectives: To present a review of the existing research on college students living in recovery, including the research on students in recovery participating in collegiate recovery programs. 
 Methods: Studies were included if they: a) were peer-reviewed or archived dissertations, b) were published between 1988 and 2017, c) directly involved students in recovery on campus, either with or without involvement in a collegiate recovery program.
 Results: From 1988 to 2017, 25 studies met the inclusion criteria. These included 7 studies on students living in recovery within the general framework of higher education and 18 studies involving students in collegiate recovery programs. Qualitative reports and quantitative descriptive studies were both included. 
 Conclusions: Findings identify the gaps in currently available research, and support rationale for increasing longitudinal and quantitative studies of collegiate recovery programs and the students they serve.
Highlights
There has been dramatic growth in the development of collegiate recovery programs and communities (CRPs) over the last five years (Laudet, Harris, Kimball, Winter, & Moberg, 2014)
This review aims to examine what knowledge has been produced about the student pursuing recovery within the context of institutions of higher education, to summarize the features and affordances of collegiate recovery programs, to identify major findings that might constitute a rationale for these programs, to identify limitations in the available research, and to suggest future directions for research
Studies incorporated into the review met the following criteria: a) included students in substance use disorder recovery participating in a collegiate recovery program (CRP); b) included students in recovery from substance use disorders but who were not supported by, or participating in, a CRP; and c) studies of university programs/efforts designed to provide substance use disorder recovery support for students
Summary
There has been dramatic growth in the development of collegiate recovery programs and communities (CRPs) over the last five years (Laudet, Harris, Kimball, Winter, & Moberg, 2014). The rapid growth in CRP development has made it difficult to identify consistent guidelines for what constitutes an established CRP, as opposed to an emerging collegiate recovery program effort. The growth of the CRP field has resulted in differing reports of how many CRPs currently operate in the United States. Estimations derived from the website of the Association for Recovery in Higher Education and Transforming Youth Recovery website place the total CRP count between 150 and 160 established CRPs, and and CRP efforts in various stages of development (Transforming Youth Recovery, 2016; Association of Recovery in Higher Education, 2016; Laudet, et al, 2014). Much of the research on CRPs has focused on analyzing the recovering student population
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