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2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$17,786 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,265 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Associate Degree School for You

With 29,833 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions is the #6 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

The Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for rehabilitation students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the rehabilitation associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Bronx Community College to be the best value school for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Bronx, BCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

BCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,086 in tuition and fees each year.

BCC also claimed a spot on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Bronx Community College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Community College of Baltimore County helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, CCBC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCBC are $10,062 per year. The average amount in student loans that rehabilitation majors at CCBC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $24,343.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Raritan Valley Community College is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Branchburg, RVCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

RVCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,912 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, RVCC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Raritan Valley Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlesex County College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Edison, Middlesex County College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Middlesex County College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,992 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Middlesex County College also is in the top 20% of our Best Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Middlesex County College Report

#5

Ocean County College

Toms River, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ocean County College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Toms River, OCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OCC are $8,100 per year.

OCC also claimed a spot on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#6

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, NY

With a ranking of #6, LaGuardia Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their associate degree. LaGuardia is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Island City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LaGuardia are $8,098 a year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at LaGuardia Community College Report

#7

Union County College

Cranford, NJ

Union County College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Union County College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Cranford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Union County College are $10,562 per year.

Union County College also claimed a spot on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Pennsylvania College of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Penn College are $25,170 per year.

Penn College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $33,005 per year. On average, rehabilitation graduates from Rutgers New Brunswick take out $15,713 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rutgers New Brunswick is ranked #3 for overall quality for rehabilitation in the Middle Atlantic Region .

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#10

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Jefferson University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Thomas Jefferson University are $42,966 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, rehabilitation graduates from Thomas Jefferson University carry an average student debtload of $37,956.

Thomas Jefferson University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,807
Pennsylvania 3,183
Maryland 353
New Jersey 453
District of Columbia 172
Delaware 103

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 10 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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