2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in District of Columbia

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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 District of Columbia, there were 172 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,201 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 rehabilitation and therapeutic professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s rehabilitation degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Howard University Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Report

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

$73,328 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 53 doctorate’s rehabilitation degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 GWU

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s 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.