2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 29,833 people earned their degree in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,739 and had an average of $25,262 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2,856 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,764 and $25,650 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their rehabilitation and therapeutic professions program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in the Plains States Region

1

Century College
White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Century College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region. Century College is a medium-sized school located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota that handed out 30 associates’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Century College Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report

2

Ridgewater College
Willmar, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Willmar, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified associates’s rehabilitation students in 2020-2021.

Full Ridgewater College Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report

3

Iowa Lakes Community College
Estherville, Iowa

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa Lakes Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Estherville, Iowa, and it awarded 1 associates’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Vermilion Community College
Ely, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vermilion Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region. This small school is located in Ely, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 associates’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, Iowa

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Southeastern Community College is a public institution located in West Burlington, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Southeastern Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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