Ranked #3 in popularity, rehabilitation & therapeutic professions is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 133 doctor's degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 doctor'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 much debt rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized rehabilitation & therapeutic professions related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students working on their doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Oregon list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Oregon
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions.
Top Oregon Schools for a Doctorate in Rehabilitation
Pacific University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the large suburb of Forest Grove, Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their doctorate from the rehabilitation program state that they receive average early career income of $71,156.
Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions needs to check out George Fox University. Located in the town of Newberg, GFU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Doctorate students who receive their degree from the rehabilitation program earn an average of $72,250 in the first couple years of working.
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).
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