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2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$11,963 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,270 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students earned 911 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for rehabilitation majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Rehabilitation Professions

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Carolina. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools in North Carolina. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the town of Boone.

Appalachian State graduate students pay an average of $8,007 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Winston - Salem State University

Winston-Salem, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winston - Salem State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. WSSU is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSSU are $6,718 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lenoir - Rhyne University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Hickory.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lenoir - Rhyne University are $12,060 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great value for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $12,566 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.

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Cabarrus College of Health Sciences landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs. Located in the city of Concord, Cabarrus College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cabarrus College of Health Sciences are $29,180 per year.

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Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 914
Tennessee 566
Georgia 574
Kentucky 479
West Virginia 198
Virginia 730
Alabama 444
Louisiana 266
Mississippi 157
South Carolina 202
Arkansas 292

Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Rehabilitation Concentrations

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 7 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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