Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 78 rehabilitation majors received their bachelor's degree from UIC.

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.

UIC Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

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

UIC Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the rehabilitation progam at UIC 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 UIC 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
	68
Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	147
	164
Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools	172
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	192
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	200

In 2021, 49 students received their master’s degree in rehabilitation from UIC. This makes it the #58 most popular school for rehabilitation master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 75 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #55 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Bachelor’s Program

The rehabilitation program at UIC awarded 78 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. The typical rehabilitation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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 University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UIC Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students graduated with a master's degree in rehabilitation from UIC. About 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a rehabilitation master's degree from UIC, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the rehabilitation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	28
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UIC also has a doctoral program available in rehabilitation. In 2021, 75 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 University of Illinois at Chicago. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation Science	85
Occupational Therapy	59
Physical Therapy/Therapist	58

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Other Health Professions
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Physical Therapists	10,750	$90,690
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Occupational Therapists	5,230	$83,940
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Rehabilitation Counselors	3,670	$40,260

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.