2024 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 83 doctor's degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Doctorate in Rehabilitation

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

53 Annual Graduates

$73,328 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions needs to check out George Washington University. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the rehabilitation program earn around $73,328 in their early career salary.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from George Washington University

2

Howard University
Washington, DC

30 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions has to check out Howard University. Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Howard University

Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	1,342
New York	174	1,300
Maryland	119	96
New Jersey	115	176
Delaware	53	57

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Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Rehabilitation Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy/Therapist	72
Occupational Therapy	11

Majors Similar to Rehabilitation

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	471
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	97
Dentistry	72
Nursing	52
Communication Sciences	17
Public Health	8
Medical Science	6
Health & Medical Administrative Services	4

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.