Ranked #3 in popularity, rehabilitation & therapeutic professions is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 98 doctor's degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized rehabilitation & therapeutic professions related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students working on their doctor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in Maine
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions.
Top Maine Schools for a Doctorate in Rehabilitation
It is hard to beat University of New England if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their doctorate from the rehabilitation program state that they receive average early career income of $74,828.
Husson University is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the small city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Soon after graduation, rehabilitation doctorate recipients typically make about $74,331 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
