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Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Boston University

If you are interested in studying rehabilitation and therapeutic professions, you may want to check out the program at Boston University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students received a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation from Boston U.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions section at the bottom of this page.

Boston U Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Rehabilitation
  • Doctorate Degree in Rehabilitation

Boston U Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks rehabilitation programs across the country. The following shows how Boston U performed in these rankings.

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 rehabilitation major at Boston U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions. 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 Popular Rehabilitation Professions Schools 11
Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 14
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools 124
Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools 260
Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Schools 464

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in rehabilitation from Boston U. This is the #260 most popular school for rehabilitation master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Boston U Rehabilitation Graduates

The median salary of rehabilitation students who receive their bachelor's degree at Boston U is $32,935. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $30,749 for all rehabilitation bachelor's degree recipients.

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Rehabilitation Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the rehabilitation majors at Boston University.

Boston U Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of rehabilitation bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its rehabilitation bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's in rehabilitation.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 29
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Boston U also has a doctoral program available in rehabilitation. In 2021, 141 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

If you plan to be a rehabilitation major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Boston University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapy 73
Rehabilitation Science 64
Physical Therapy/Therapist 63
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions 5

Careers That Rehabilitation Grads May Go Into

A degree in rehabilitation can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Physical Therapists 8,320 $91,750
Rehabilitation Counselors 6,310 $45,230
Occupational Therapists 4,830 $87,160
Health Specialties Professors 3,460 $111,230
Engineers 3,090 $109,220

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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