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2023 Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

7 Colleges
$50,853 Avg Salary
$19,875 Avg Student Debt

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.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Texas Woman’s University Report

#2

Prescott College

Prescott, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prescott College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Prescot College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Prescott.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the rehabilitation majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ottawa University - Phoenix is a great place for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Full Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Ottawa University - Phoenix Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico Highlands University is a great place for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their graduate certificate. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Medical Branch landed the # 4 spot on the list. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Rehabilitation Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Hardin - Simmons is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Abilene.

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Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best rehabilitation and therapeutic professions schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,705
Arizona 271
Oklahoma 165
New Mexico 78

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 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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