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2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$20,831 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. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Southeast 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.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Rehabilitation Professions

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alabama at Birmingham the best value school in the Southeast Region for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAB are $19,188 a year.

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#2

Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Shenandoah University is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah are $23,430 a year.

Shenandoah excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $20,743 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ECU also did well on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $14,544 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Little Rock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UA Little Rock are $14,884 per year.

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North Carolina A & T State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

NC A&T graduate students pay an average of $20,738 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

With a ranking of #7, University of North Florida did quite well on this year’s best value schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. UNF is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

UNF graduate students pay an average of $21,930 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at VCU are $29,546 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, VCU is ranked #4 for overall quality for rehabilitation in the Southeast 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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 914
North Carolina 911
Tennessee 566
Kentucky 479
Georgia 574
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 8 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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