Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation from USC.

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.

USC Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

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

USC Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the rehabilitation progam at USC 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 USC 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 Rehabilitation Professions Schools	4
	14
Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools	22
Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	228

In 2021, 155 students received their master’s degree in rehabilitation from USC. This makes it the #3 most popular school for rehabilitation master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 213 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation from USC. About 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation at USC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

The rehabilitation program at USC awarded 155 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 12% of these degrees went to men with the other 88% going to women.

In the rehabilitation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	52
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

USC also has a doctoral program available in rehabilitation. In 2021, 213 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 Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapy	235
Physical Therapy/Therapist	142

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Health Sciences & Services
• Medical Science
• Other Health Professions
• Dental Support Services

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Physical Therapists	20,630	$97,110
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Rehabilitation Counselors	15,270	$37,250
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Occupational Therapists	9,580	$95,160

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.