by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is the 37th most popular major in the country with 29,833 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southeast region, there were 5,783 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,560 and $26,025 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 684 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 51 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions. That schools that top this list have a program in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree rehabilitation students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alabama State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region. Alabama State University is a public institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Alabama State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern University and A & M College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region. Southern University and A & M College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Southern University and A & M College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winston - Salem State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at WSSU
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catawba College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. Catawba College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salisbury, North Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Catawba College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Converse College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. Spartanburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Converse College
With a ranking of #6, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. UAPB is a public institution located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Longwood University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Longwood is a small public school situated in Farmville, Virginia. It awarded 15 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Longwood University
Eastern Kentucky University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 53 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s rehabilitation students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Eastern Kentucky University
Mars Hill University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Mars Hill, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s rehabilitation students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Mars Hill
With a ranking of #10, Shenandoah University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. Shenandoah is a small school located in Winchester, Virginia that handed out 16 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Shenandoah Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report
Charleston Southern University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Charleston Southern University is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to qualified students.
Full Charleston Southern University Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report
With a ranking of #12, Arkansas Tech University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. ATU is a public institution located in Russellville, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at ATU
With a ranking of #13, University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. UNCW is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 57 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Belmont University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Belmont University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Belmont Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report
With a ranking of #15, East Carolina University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 67 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at East Carolina University
With a ranking of #16, Western Carolina University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at WCU
Queens University of Charlotte came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Queens University of Charlotte Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report
Loyola University New Orleans came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s rehabilitation students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Loyola University New Orleans
Thomas University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Thomasville, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s rehabilitation students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Thomas University
Averett University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Averett University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Danville, Virginia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at AU
With a ranking of #21, Georgia College & State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia College & State University is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 13 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Georgia College Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report
Troy University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Troy University is a fairly large public school situated in Troy, Alabama. It awarded 27 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at TROY
West Liberty University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. West Liberty University is a public institution located in West Liberty, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at West Liberty University
East Tennessee State University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at ETSU
With a ranking of #25, Middle Georgia State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Macon, Georgia, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s rehabilitation degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at Middle Georgia State University
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