Rehabilitation Science at Boston University

If you plan to study rehabilitation science, take a look at what Boston University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 science from Boston U.

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

Boston U Rehabilitation Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Rehabilitation Science

Boston U Rehabilitation Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the rehabilitation science progam at Boston U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The rehabilitation science major at Boston U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Rehabilitation Science. 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
Best Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Rehabilitation Science Schools	6
Best Rehabilitation Science Schools	11
Most Focused Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Rehabilitation Science Schools	20
Best Value Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Value Rehabilitation Science Schools	40

Rehabilitation Science Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U Rehabilitation Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 64 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Rehabilitation Science from Boston U in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its rehabilitation science 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 science.

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 science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Occupational Therapy

Careers That Rehabilitation Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in rehabilitation science 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
Rehabilitation Counselors	6,310	$45,230
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Life Scientists	430	$111,340

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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.