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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$22,022 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,853 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Graduate 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.

The Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate 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. 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.

Top 10 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

Our analysis found Alverno College to be the best value school for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Alverno graduate students pay an average of $10,402 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University Northwest. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue Northwest are $11,356 a year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 per year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, rehabilitation majors at BGSU accumulate an average of around $21,386 in student debt.

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#4

Bellin College

Green Bay, WI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bellin College is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Bellin College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Green Bay.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bellin College are $21,633 per year.

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#5

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, IN

Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College landed the # 5 spot on the list. SMWC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMWC are $13,500 a year.

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Western Michigan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $26,248 in tuition and fees each year.

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Loyola University Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.

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#9

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 a year.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.

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Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools 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 11 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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