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2024 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools in Kentucky

7 Colleges in Kentucky
479 Rehabilitation Degrees Awarded
$60,304 Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #37 in popularity, rehabilitation & therapeutic professions is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 479 degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions School

Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools in Kentucky The rehabilitation program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions rankings. We derive our Best Overall Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Rehabilitation
Master's Degrees in Rehabilitation
Doctor's Degrees in Rehabilitation

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 Schools in Kentucky. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Kentucky

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the rehabilitation degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Kentucky Schools in Rehabilitation

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
107 Rehabilitation Degrees Awarded
$54,198 Median Starting Salary

University of Kentucky is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. UK is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.

There were approximately 107 rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year. After graduating, rehabilitation degree recipients usually make an average of $54,198 in the first five years of their career.

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Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
79 Rehabilitation Degrees Awarded
8.9% Growth in Graduates

Bellarmine University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #682 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bellarmine U is a great university overall.

There were about 79 rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who graduated with this degree at Bellarmine U in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the rehabilitation & therapeutic professions program at Bellarmine University make $5,550 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
146 Rehabilitation Degrees Awarded
$56,959 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Eastern Kentucky University if you want to pursue a degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Eastern is a large public university located in the town of Richmond. This university ranks 10th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.

There were roughly 146 rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the rehabilitation program earn about $56,959 in their early career salary.

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Spalding University
Louisville, KY
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
93 Rehabilitation Degrees Awarded
16.1% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat Spalding University if you want to pursue a degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Spalding is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Louisville. This university ranks 12th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.

There were approximately 93 rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who graduated with this degree at Spalding in the most recent data year. After graduating, rehabilitation degree recipients usually earn an average of $58,656 in the first five years of their career.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In KY

Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #338 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.

There were about 8 rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In KY

Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.

There were approximately 17 rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.

There were roughly 29 rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the rehabilitation & therapeutic professions program at Western Kentucky University get $11,656 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 574
Florida 282 905
North Carolina 279 900
Virginia 274 725
Tennessee 269 565
South Carolina 248 202
Louisiana 242 266
Mississippi 234 157
Arkansas 234 290
Alabama 233 411
West Virginia 207 198

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Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Rehabilitation Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapy 256
Physical Therapy/Therapist 173
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling 29
Rehabilitation Science 11
Music Therapy 10

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Majors Similar to Rehabilitation

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 6,395
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4,114
Health & Medical Administrative Services 2,012
Allied Health Professions 1,283
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 1,120
Dental Support Services 452
Health Sciences & Services 434
Medicine 430
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 406
Public Health 380

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