by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Physical Therapy/Therapist. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Mercer University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in rehabilitation, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Mercer was $831 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,964 | $14,964 |
| Fees | $300 | $300 |
The median early career salary of rehabilitation students who receive their doctor’s degree from Mercer is $68,778 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $69,264.
Online degrees for the Mercer rehabilitation doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mercer Online Learning page.
About 65.8% of the students who received their Doctorate in rehabilitation in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 65.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 23.7% of the rehabilitation doctor’s degrees at Mercer in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 6 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 29 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | 38 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to rehabilitation and therapeutic professions.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 117 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 157 |
| Nursing | 7 |
View All Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Related Majors >
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.