Ranked #25 in popularity, rehabilitation & therapeutic professions is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 10 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,050 master's degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions School for Your Master's Degree
The rehabilitation master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized rehabilitation & therapeutic professions related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master's Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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University of Southern California is a good choice for students pursuing a master's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions master's degree recipients from University of Southern California get an earnings boost of around $3,520 above the average income of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions graduates.
Loma Linda University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions master's degree recipients from Loma Linda University earn a boost of around $4,325 above the average earnings of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions graduates.
Dominican University of California is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the small city of San Rafael, DUofC is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Master's students who receive their degree from the rehabilitation program make around $71,230 for their early career.
California State University - Dominguez Hills is a great option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. CSUDH is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Carson.
Master's recipients from the rehabilitation & therapeutic professions program at California State University - Dominguez Hills earn $3,523 above the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the large city of Irvine, Stanbridge is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
Those rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who get their master's degree from Stanbridge University make $8,335 more than the average rehabilitation graduate.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).