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2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

50 Colleges
$20,378 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,418 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's 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.

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 50 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for rehabilitation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Scranton the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

University of Scranton graduate students pay an average of $11,630 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, University of Scranton is ranked #4 for overall quality for rehabilitation in the Middle Atlantic Region .

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#2

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Thomas Jefferson University 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 city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Thomas Jefferson University are $22,644 a year.

Thomas Jefferson University also took the #3 spot in our Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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#3

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Marist College is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Marist is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie.

Marist graduate students pay an average of $15,760 in tuition and fees each year.

Marist excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#4

Alvernia University

Reading, PA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Alvernia University is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Reading, Alvernia is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Alvernia are $16,130 a year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Alvernia University Report

Out of the 50 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University landed the # 4 spot on the list. SUNY Downstate is a small public school located in the city of Brooklyn.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Downstate are $23,763 per year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Report

#6

Touro College

New York, NY

Touro College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs. Touro is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Touro graduate students pay an average of $13,258 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Gannon University

Erie, PA

Gannon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Gannon graduate students pay an average of $20,660 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Gannon also did well on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#8

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY

Ithaca College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Ithaca, Ithaca is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ithaca are $22,206 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ithaca also is in the top 10% of our Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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University of Delaware did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UD is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.

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#10

Neumann University

Aston, PA

With a ranking of #10, Neumann University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Aston, Neumann is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Neumann are $14,690 per year.

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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 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 25 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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