2024 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Utah

If you pursue a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide 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 Utah ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 170 doctor's degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 full 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 Utah list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Utah

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Utah Schools for a Doctorate in Rehabilitation

1

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
Provo, UT

112 Annual Graduates

$73,904 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions has to check out Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Located in the midsize city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

Those rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who get their doctor's degree from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions earn $3,649 more than the average rehabilitation graduate.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

58 Annual Graduates

$66,606 Median Starting Salary

University of Utah is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

Soon after graduation, rehabilitation doctorate recipients usually make about $66,606 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from University of Utah

Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	123	153
Idaho	47	45
Montana	37	394

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Rankings in Majors Related to Rehabilitation

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

Rehabilitation Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy/Therapist	140
Occupational Therapy	26
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Rehabilitation

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	145
Medicine	113
Dentistry	52
Medical Science	48
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	47
Communication Sciences	44
Allied Health Professions	18
Public Health	5
Mental & Social Health Services	4
Medical Illustration & Informatics	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.