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2023 Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools in California

27 Colleges
$70,168 Avg Salary
$13,621 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions was ranked 5th in California. In fact, 3,157 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 27 schools in California to see which ones offered the best programs for healthcare students.

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2023 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools in California

Check out the rehabilitation programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences the best school in California for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students. USAHS is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the large suburb of San Marcos.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools in California list. West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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The excellent programs at Samuel Merritt University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in California. Located in the large city of Oakland, Samuel Merritt University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western University of Health Sciences. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

Stanbridge University

Irvine, CA

The excellent programs at Stanbridge University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in California. Located in the large city of Irvine, Stanbridge is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Dominican University of California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of San Rafael, DUofC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Southern California came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#8

Chapman University

Orange, CA

Chapman University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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University of the Pacific did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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University of California - San Francisco ranked #10 on this year’s Best Rehabilitation Professions Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 165
Washington 274
Nevada 117

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Rehabilitation Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy/Therapist 13,655
Occupational Therapy 9,958
Rehabilitation Science 1,161
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling 1,046
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy 870
Art Therapy 858
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions 837
Music Therapy 665
Orthotist/Prosthetist 335
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering 117
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist 110
Animal-Assisted Therapy 85
Play Therapy 56
Dance Therapy 52
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, General 28

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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