Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study rehabilitation and therapeutic professions, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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.

Columbia Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation
• Doctorate Degree in Rehabilitation

Columbia Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

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There were 68 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #67 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the rehabilitation majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

Of the 55 students who earned a master's degree in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions from Columbia in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a rehabilitation master's degree from Columbia, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the rehabilitation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

The following rehabilitation concentations are available at Columbia University in the City of New York. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy/Therapist	66
Occupational Therapy	57

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Health & Medical Administrative Services

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 NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Physical Therapists	16,660	$87,470
Occupational Therapists	9,740	$88,370
Rehabilitation Counselors	9,720	$36,040
Engineers	4,910	$95,270

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 Nandaro under License

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