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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

52 Colleges
$20,085 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,270 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 52 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for rehabilitation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master's Degree Schools

#1

Milligan University

Milligan College, TN

Our analysis found Milligan University to be the best value school for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . Milligan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Milligan College.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Milligan are $9,796 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Milligan also did well on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lenoir - Rhyne University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Hickory, Lenoir - Rhyne 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 Lenoir - Rhyne University are $12,060 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lenoir - Rhyne University also did well on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spalding University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Louisville, Spalding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Spalding graduate students pay an average of $12,106 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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#4

Brenau University

Gainesville, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brenau University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Gainesville, Brenau is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brenau are $13,940 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Brenau also is in the top 20% of our Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#5

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Augusta University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Augusta.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Augusta University are $20,712 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Augusta University is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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With a ranking of #6, Eastern Kentucky University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their master’s degree. 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.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Eastern Kentucky University Report

#7

Belmont University

Nashville, TN

Belmont University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Belmont are $25,180 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Belmont is ranked #5 for overall quality for rehabilitation in the Southeast Region .

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs. LSU Health - Shreveport is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at LSU Health - Shreveport are $27,221 a year.

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Medical University of South Carolina did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MUSC are $25,673 per year.

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#10

Radford University

Radford, VA

Radford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Radford.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Radford are $21,508 a year.

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

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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
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 25 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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