2022 Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas” ranking.

Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is the 38th most popular major in the country with 28,859 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Arkansas, there were 276 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,733 and $62,040 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 172 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the rehabilitation and therapeutic professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Arkansas” 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 Arkansas

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

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Arkansas

#1

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$70,680 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. UCA is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 60 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Arkansas Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report

#2

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas. Harding is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also took the #1 spot in our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harding are $11,928.

Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Harding University

#3

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

#4 in overall quality

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$68,778 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. This fairly large school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 58 doctorate’s rehabilitation degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at A-State are $11,586, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at A-State

#4

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$17,652 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. UAMS is a small public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 22 doctorate’s rehabilitation degrees in 2019-2020.

UAMS also made our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAMS are $17,652.

Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at UAMS

#5

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#5 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Rehabilitation Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121.

Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at UARK

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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