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2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$2,313 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,265 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students earned 911 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Associate Degree Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Rehabilitation Professions

Our 2023 rankings named Western Piedmont Community College the best value school in North Carolina for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their associate degree. WPCC is a small public school located in the city of Morganton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WPCC are $2,631 per year.

Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Western Piedmont Community College

Out of the 2 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Isothermal Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Spindale, ICC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ICC are $1,994 a year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Isothermal Community College Report

Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 914
Tennessee 566
Georgia 574
Kentucky 479
West Virginia 198
Virginia 730
Alabama 444
Louisiana 266
Mississippi 157
South Carolina 202
Arkansas 292

Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Rehabilitation Concentrations

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

Majors Similar to Rehabilitation

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 2 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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