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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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for rehabilitation majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

Our analysis found University of Alabama at Birmingham to be the best value school for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.

UAB graduate students pay an average of $19,188 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Alabama at Birmingham Report

#2

Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Shenandoah 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 . Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Shenandoah are $23,430 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Shenandoah is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Shenandoah University

#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ECU are $20,743 a 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.

Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at East Carolina University

#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofM are $14,544 a year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Memphis Report

Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the # 5 spot on the 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.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Arkansas at Little Rock Report

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC A&T are $20,738 a year.

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#7

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

University of North Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNF is a large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNF are $21,930 per year.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of North Florida Report

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 college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at VCU are $29,546 per year.

VCU also made our Best Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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