2025 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #87 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 57 bachelor's degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized rehabilitation & therapeutic professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Tennessee

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Bachelor's in Rehabilitation

1

Belmont University
Nashville, TN

10 Annual Graduates

Belmont University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.More information about a bachelor’s in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Belmont University

2

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN

43 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions has to take a look at East Tennessee State University. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from East Tennessee State University

Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	36
Georgia	224	55
North Carolina	213	214
Virginia	213	59
South Carolina	195	18
Kentucky	187	64
Alabama	184	64
Louisiana	171	58
Mississippi	169	6
Arkansas	167	50
West Virginia	147	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Rehabilitation Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation Science	43
Music Therapy	10
Art Therapy	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Rehabilitation

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	3,072
Allied Health Professions	200
Communication Sciences	197
Health & Medical Administrative Services	147
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	142
Health/Medical Prep Programs	123
Other Health Professions	122
Dental Support Services	117
Public Health	110
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	92

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.