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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 21 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,053 master's degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to qualified students.
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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 colleges for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools
The rehabilitation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master's Degree Schools in New York.
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Any student who is interested in a master's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions has to check out New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions master's degree recipients from New York University get an earnings boost of approximately $10,771 over the typical income of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions graduates.
University at Buffalo is a good option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduating, rehabilitation master's recipients generally earn around $51,142 in their early careers.
Stony Brook 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 Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduation, rehabilitation master's recipients typically make around $59,000 at the beginning of their careers.
It's difficult to beat Ithaca College if you wish to pursue a master's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Ithaca is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Ithaca.
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions master's degree recipients from Ithaca College get an earnings boost of about $9,562 over the typical income of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions majors.
SUNY Downstate is a small public university located in the city of Brooklyn.
Those rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who get their master's degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University earn $15,609 more than the standard rehabilitation grad.
Russel Sage is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Troy.
Those rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who get their master's degree from Russell Sage College make $6,637 more than the standard rehabilitation grad.
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).
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.
