2025 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Associate Degree Schools in New York

an associate degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #126 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. 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 New York to determine which ones were the best for rehabilitation & therapeutic professions students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 associate degrees in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate 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 associate 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 associate 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 associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools

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 Associate Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in New York

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

Top New York Schools for an Associate in Rehabilitation

1

LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, NY

16 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat LaGuardia Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions. Located in the large city of Long Island City, LaGuardia is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from LaGuardia Community College

2

Bronx Community College
Bronx, NY

17 Annual Graduates

$27,790 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions has to take a look at Bronx Community College. Located in the large city of Bronx, BCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the rehabilitation program make an average of $27,790 for their early career.

More information about a associate in rehabilitation & therapeutic professions from Bronx Community College

Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	179	71
New Jersey	137	27
Maryland	126	49

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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
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	33

Most Popular Majors Related to Rehabilitation

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	5,177
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	1,086
Allied Health Professions	977
Health & Medical Administrative Services	766
Health Sciences & Services	746
Dental Support Services	397
Mental & Social Health Services	356
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services	199
Public Health	187
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	125

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.