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2025 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

64 Colleges in the Southeast Region
3,614 Doctor's Degrees
$74,525 Avg Early-Career Salary
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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 64 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 3,614 doctor's degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region Your choice of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

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

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

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.

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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

12 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Rehabilitation

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Duke University
Durham, NC

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions has to take a look at Duke University. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Soon after graduating, rehabilitation doctorate recipients typically make around $68,778 in their early careers.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Duke University

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
131 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions has to check out University of Florida. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from University of Florida

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Medical University of South Carolina is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the city of Charleston, MUSC is a public university with a small student population.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the rehabilitation program earn about $70,247 in their early career salary.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Medical University of South Carolina

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Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions needs to check out Shenandoah University. Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Winchester.

Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions doctor's degree recipients from Shenandoah University earn a boost of about $5,151 above the average earnings of rehabilitation & therapeutic professions graduates.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Shenandoah University

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Coral Gables.

Soon after graduating, rehabilitation doctorate recipients typically earn around $73,125 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from University of Miami

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Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

Soon after graduating, rehabilitation doctorate recipients usually earn around $73,033 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Nova Southeastern University

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA
54 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Emory University

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Belmont University
Nashville, TN

Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.

Soon after graduation, rehabilitation doctorate recipients usually make an average of $71,202 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Belmont University

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Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the rehabilitation program state that they receive average early career earnings of $73,227.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Virginia Commonwealth University

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UTHSC is a small public university located in the large city of Memphis.

Doctorate students who receive their degree from the rehabilitation program make about $74,717 in their early career salary.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

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31 Annual Graduates

UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a very large student population.

Those rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students who get their doctor's degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham make $2,439 more than the standard rehabilitation grad.

More information about a doctorate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from University of Alabama at Birmingham

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
13 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
14 Marymount University Arlington, VA
15 Samford University Birmingham, AL
16 Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL
17 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
18 East Carolina University Greenville, NC
19 Marshall University Huntington, WV
20 Bellarmine University Louisville, KY
21 University of South Carolina - Columbia Columbia, SC

Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best rehabilitation & therapeutic professions schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 138 530
Virginia 127 471
Georgia 126 296
North Carolina 115 443
Mississippi 113 113
Louisiana 103 100
Tennessee 102 367
Alabama 98 162
South Carolina 91 106
Kentucky 87 201
Arkansas 58 224
West Virginia 49 128

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

Rehabilitation Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy/Therapist 2,898
Occupational Therapy 691
Rehabilitation Science 14
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions 8
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling 3

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 7,234
Nursing 3,832
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 3,638
Dentistry 1,241
Chiropractic 568
Allied Health Professions 380
Optometry 355
Public Health 238
Communication Sciences 218
Health & Medical Administrative Services 109

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