2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Connecticut

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 28,859 people earned their degree in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,273 and had an average of $67,296 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 408 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,188 and $61,656 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 199 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,570 and $105,639 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the rehabilitation and therapeutic professions program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut doctor’s degree rehabilitation students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Connecticut

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$20,090 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$74,074 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut list. Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hamden, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 72 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Quinnipiac, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac University are $20,090, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Quinnipiac

#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#4 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$74,011 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut list. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 40 doctorate’s rehabilitation degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UHart are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at UHart

#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$72,083 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #3 spot on the list. UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 doctorate’s rehabilitation degrees to qualified students.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of Connecticut

#4

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$34,806 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sacred Heart University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut list. Sacred Heart University is a medium-sized school located in Fairfield, Connecticut that handed out 51 doctorate’s rehabilitation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sacred Heart, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sacred Heart are $34,806, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Sacred Heart Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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