2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Rehabilitation Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Century College the best value school in the Plains States Region for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their associate degree. Century College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of White Bear Lake.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Century College are $5,907 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, rehabilitation graduates from Century College carry an average student debtload of $23,701.
Century College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the remote town of Willmar.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ridgewater College are $5,914 per year.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa Lakes Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Iowa Lakes Community College is a small public school located in the town of Estherville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa Lakes Community College are $7,196 per year.
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Request InformationBest Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best rehabilitation and therapeutic professions colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 603 |
Iowa | 319 |
Missouri | 979 |
Nebraska | 364 |
Kansas | 230 |
South Dakota | 67 |
North Dakota | 265 |
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Majors Related to Rehabilitation
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions has other similar majors worth exploring.
Rehabilitation Focus Areas
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 3 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.