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 Northwestern University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in rehabilitation, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Northwestern was $6,649 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 | $56,067 | $56,067 |
| Fees | $500 | $500 |
rehabilitation who receive their doctor’s degree from Northwestern make an average of $69,757 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $69,264.
Northwestern does not offer an online option for its rehabilitation doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwestern Online Learning page.
About 75.0% of the students who received their Doctorate in rehabilitation in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 65.7%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in rehabilitation at Northwestern in 2019-2020, 29.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 13 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
| White | 58 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | 88 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to rehabilitation and therapeutic professions.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 42 |
| Medicine | 147 |
| Other Health Professions | 6 |
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.