2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation Science in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Rehabilitation Science is the 393rd most popular major in the country with 1,258 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 136 rehabilitation science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 rehabilitation science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in rehabilitation science. That schools that top this list have a program in rehabilitation science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rehabilitation Science in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s rehabilitation science degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Rehabilitation Science at University of Kentucky
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s rehabilitation science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full UF Rehabilitation Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region. East Carolina University is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 1 doctorate’s rehabilitation science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Rehabilitation Science at ECU
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rehabilitation Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Shreveport, Louisiana, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s rehabilitation science students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Rehabilitation Science at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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