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Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Alabama at Birmingham

What traits are you looking for in a rehabilitation school? To help you decide if University of Alabama at Birmingham is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's rehabilitation program.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year.

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.

UAB Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UAB

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UAB offers distance education options for rehabilitation at the following degree levels:

UAB Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

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.

There were 63 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

86% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 57 rehabilitation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UAB, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Of the students who received a rehabilitation master's degree from UAB, 67% 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 33% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 38
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapy 64
Physical Therapy/Therapist 51
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions 38

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Engineers 3,730 $115,710
Physical Therapists 2,780 $90,620
Health Specialties Professors 1,960 $108,310
Occupational Therapists 1,260 $83,810
Rehabilitation Counselors 980 $43,080

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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