Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Saint Louis University

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

SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 12,229 students attend the school each year. Of the 481 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Louis University in 2021, 52 of them were rehabilitation and therapeutic professions majors.

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.

SLU Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SLU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SLU does offer online courses in rehabilitation for the following degree levels:

SLU Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The rehabilitation major at SLU 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
Best Rehabilitation Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	76
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Schools	121

In 2021, 58 students received their master’s degree in rehabilitation from SLU. This makes it the #37 most popular school for rehabilitation master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 82 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #42 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at SLU

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

SLU Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students earned a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation from SLU. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation at SLU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SLU Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

Of the 58 rehabilitation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SLU, about 2% were men and 98% were women.

Of the students who received a rehabilitation master's degree from SLU, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	51
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SLU also has a doctoral program available in rehabilitation. In 2021, 82 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 Saint Louis University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapy	111
Physical Therapy/Therapist	81

Related Majors

• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

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 MO, the home state for Saint Louis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Health Specialties Professors	4,710	$148,840
Physical Therapists	4,450	$81,330
Occupational Therapists	2,360	$75,120
Rehabilitation Counselors	2,210	$37,190
Engineers	1,170	$86,850

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 LouisianHTM under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.