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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

67 Colleges
$16,609 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 67 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast 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

Wheeling University

Wheeling, WV

Our analysis found Wheeling University to be the best value school for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Wheeling, Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wheeling University are $10,160 a year.

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#2

Wingate University

Wingate, NC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Wingate University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in the Southeast Region . Wingate is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Wingate.

Wingate graduate students pay an average of $11,700 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Harding University

Searcy, AR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harding are $11,080 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Central Arkansas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in the Southeast Region . UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCA are $11,835 a year.

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#5

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

Out of the 67 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Lynchburg landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lynchburg are $11,759 per year.

Lynchburg excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#6

Brenau University

Gainesville, GA

Brenau 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Gainesville, Brenau is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Brenau graduate students pay an average of $13,940 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Brenau University Report

#7

Bellarmine University

Louisville, KY

Bellarmine 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. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bellarmine U are $13,652 a year.

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#8

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

Spalding 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Louisville, Spalding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Spalding are $12,106 per year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Spalding University Report

Eastern Kentucky 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 #9 on the list. Eastern is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern are $13,800 per year.

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Arkansas State University - Main Campus 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at A-State are $11,408 a year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Arkansas State University - Main Campus Report

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Rehabilitation Professions students in the Southeast Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
12 Elon University Elon, NC
13 Belmont University Nashville, TN

Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 914
North Carolina 911
Tennessee 566
Georgia 574
Kentucky 479
West Virginia 198
Virginia 730
Alabama 444
Louisiana 266
Mississippi 157
South Carolina 202
Arkansas 292

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 26 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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