Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

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.

UNM Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

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

UNM Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #258 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the rehabilitation majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

Of the 34 rehabilitation students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNM, about 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a rehabilitation master's degree from UNM, 59% 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 41% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a master's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapy	34
Physical Therapy/Therapist	2

Related Majors

• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Dental Support Services
• Communication 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Engineers	2,010	$114,790
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Physical Therapists	1,210	$97,210
Occupational Therapists	580	$81,660
Rehabilitation Counselors	280	$38,460

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 PerryPlanet under License

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