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2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$22,843 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.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.

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.

Top 10 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Graduate Certificate 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 graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton 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 University of Scranton are $11,630 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, University of Scranton also is in the top 15% of our Best Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the # 2 spot on the list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

Clarion University graduate students pay an average of $13,862 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Thomas Jefferson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Thomas Jefferson University are $22,644 per year.

Thomas Jefferson University also claimed a spot on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Touro College

New York, NY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Touro College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Touro is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Touro are $13,258 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best value schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Edinboro is a small public school located in the fringe town of Edinboro.

Edinboro graduate students pay an average of $17,835 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Salus University

Elkins Park, PA

Salus University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Salus University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elkins Park.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Salus University are $33,125 a year.

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#8

Arcadia University

Glenside, PA

Arcadia University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs. Arcadia is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glenside.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Arcadia are $27,530 a year.

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#9

D'Youville College

Buffalo, NY

D’Youville College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. D'Youville College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Buffalo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at D’Youville College are $20,310 a year.

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#10

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

With a ranking of #10, University at Buffalo did quite well on this year’s best value schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University at Buffalo are $26,178 a 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 14 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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