Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Kansas

If you are interested in studying rehabilitation and therapeutic professions, you may want to check out the program at University of Kansas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation from KU.

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.

KU Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at KU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

KU Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks rehabilitation programs across the country. The following shows how KU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The rehabilitation major at KU 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
Most Popular Online Rehabilitation Professions Schools	35
Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	66
Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	110
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	184
	212
Most Focused Rehabilitation Professions Schools	272

In 2021, 47 students received their master’s degree in rehabilitation from KU. This makes it the #66 most popular school for rehabilitation master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 70 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #62 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions from KU in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation at KU 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 University of Kansas with a bachelor's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

KU Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students graduated with a master's degree in rehabilitation from KU. About 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a rehabilitation master's degree from KU, 85% 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 University of Kansas with a master's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

KU also has a doctoral program available in rehabilitation. In 2021, 70 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Kansas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy/Therapist	64
Occupational Therapy	42
Music Therapy	18
Rehabilitation Science	4
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	1

Related Majors

• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Allied Health Professions

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Physical Therapists	2,270	$85,250
Occupational Therapists	1,420	$78,720
Rehabilitation Counselors	770	$32,280
Engineers	600	$82,060
Health Specialties Professors	380	$84,400

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.