Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2021
29,749
growing 3.26%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$7,749
growing 0.676%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$34,690
growing 1.58%
Average Wage
$81,847
growing 4.53%
People in Workforce
4.46M
growing 3.68%
Average Employee Age
42.9
declining 0.219%

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In 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions degree recipients are San Marcos, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, and New York, NY. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions degree recipients are Arcadia University, PA, St. Mary of the Woods, IN, and Emory, VA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is a professional doctorate.

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Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions and the types of students that study this field. University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences awards the most degrees in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions, followed by West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies.

Tuition costs for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions majors are, on average, $7,749 for in-state public colleges, and $34,690 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (293 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (14,596 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (14,596 completions in 2021).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,749
Median In-State Public
$34,690
Median Out of State Private

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences has the most Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions degree recipients, with 1,326 degrees awarded in 2021.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions, with 86.6%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

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$81,847
Average Wage in Workforce
± $834
4.53%
1 Year Growth
± 1.39%

The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.

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Highest Paying Locations

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This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.

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Most Common

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The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.

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Most Specialized

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Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.

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Highest Paid

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The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators.

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Occupations by Share

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4.46M
2021 Workforce
± 51,090
3.68%
1 Year Growth
± 1.58%

The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.

The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.7%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.

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Most Common

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Industries by Share

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4.46M
2021 Workforce
± 51,090
3.68%
1 Year Growth
± 1.58%

The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.

The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.

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Specialty Locations

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This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.

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Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Health in the United States.

The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Health is 42.9.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Professional Doctorate. Female employees are more likely to hold Health degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Health (19,479 students).

Workforce Age

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42.9
Average Age in 2021
± 0.152 Years
0.219%
1 Year Change
± 0.507%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 2.98% and 2.93% of the population, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions are Professional Doctorate, Masters Degree, and Bachelors Degree.

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Workforce Degrees

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The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (76.2%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    19,479 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    2,771 degrees awarded
  3. Asian
    2,326 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. White Female
    5,871 degrees awarded
  2. White Male
    2,910 degrees awarded
  3. Asian Female
    789 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Professional Doctorate recipients in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions.

White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. Philippines
    199,567 degree recipients
  2. India
    85,838 degree recipients
  3. Mexico
    33,257 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. Philippines
    5.11 times more than expected
  2. Cameroon
    3.65 times more than expected
  3. Nigeria
    3.17 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.11 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (199,567 degree recipients).

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predictive-analysisSkills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions majors need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Social Perceptiveness, Equipment Selection, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Coordination, Writing, Speaking, Persuasion, Active Listening, Instructing, Science, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Negotiation, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Repairing, Management of Personnel Resources, Time Management, Active Learning, Equipment Maintenance, Operation Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Mathematics, Operation and Control, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Installation, Management of Material Resources, and Management of Financial Resources.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Service Orientation is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Writing, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Time Management, Persuasion, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Operations Analysis, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Science, Mathematics, Operation Monitoring, Technology Design, Quality Control Analysis, Operation and Control, Management of Material Resources, Troubleshooting, Equipment Selection, Management of Financial Resources, Programming, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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