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2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$25,065 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Basic Certificate 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for rehabilitation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Rehabilitation Professions

Our 2023 rankings named Sinclair Community College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their basic certificate. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sinclair Community College are $8,076 per year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in the Great Lakes Region . UWM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UWM are $21,475 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UWM is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the # 3 spot on the list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IUPUI are $32,101 per year.

IUPUI also took the #5 spot in our Best Rehabilitation Professions Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their basic certificate. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $38,608 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW - Madison is ranked #2 for overall quality for rehabilitation in the Great Lakes Region .

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Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best rehabilitation and therapeutic professions colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 889
Ohio 1,081
Michigan 1,067
Indiana 499
Wisconsin 957

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

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 4 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.

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