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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 93 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
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 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 doctor's degree.
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 Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Maine
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions.
Top Maine Schools for a Doctorate in Rehabilitation
It's hard to beat University of New England if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
After graduating, rehabilitation doctorate recipients usually make about $66,460 in the first five years of their career.
Husson University is a good choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the small city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Doctorate students who receive their degree from the rehabilitation program earn about $65,396 in their early career salary.
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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