2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Rehabilitation Science is the 393rd most popular major in the country with 1,161 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 117 rehabilitation science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 rehabilitation science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in rehabilitation science. That schools that top this list have a program in rehabilitation science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree rehabilitation science students.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation Science in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s rehabilitation science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Rehabilitation Science at UK
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s rehabilitation science degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Rehabilitation Science at UF
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #3 spot on the list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s rehabilitation science degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Full East Carolina University Rehabilitation Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region. Shreveport, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s rehabilitation science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 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 Science at LSU Health - Shreveport
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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%.
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- *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.
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