Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions degree recipients are San Marcos, CA, New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions degree recipients are St. Mary of the Woods, IN, Hanover, IN, and Keuka Park, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is a professional doctorate.
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 Southwestern College (188207).
Tuition costs for Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions majors are, on average, $7,997 for in-state public colleges, and $37,750 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 (302 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (14,753 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (14,753 completions in 2023).
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.
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences has the most Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions degree recipients, with 1,481 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions.
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 84.6%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions by year.
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 $90,179 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, and Pharmacists.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Pipeline transportation.
The average salary for Health majors is $90,179 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, and Pharmacists.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, and Pharmacists.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nurse anesthetists.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.16%, from 4.67M in 2022 to 4.86M in 2023.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.4%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Pipeline transportation, Oil & gas extraction, and Sugar & confectionery products.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.16%, from 4.67M in 2022 to 4.86M in 2023.
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.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
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 3.08% and 3% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions are Professional Doctorate, Masters Degree, and Bachelors Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions.
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.
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.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.07 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 (208,734 degree recipients).
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 Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions majors need more than the average amount of Technology Design, Equipment Selection, and Repairing.
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 Technology Design is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
