Education & Training
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Art Therapists Master's degree
- Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar Bachelor's degree
- Exercise Physiologists Bachelor's degree
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Master's degree
- Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists Master's degree
- Mechatronics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Medical Appliance Technicians High school diploma
- Microsystems Engineers Master's degree
- Music Therapists Bachelor's degree
- Nanosystems Engineers Doctoral or professional degree
- Occupational Therapists Master's degree
- Orthotists and Prosthetists Master's degree
- Photonics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Physical Therapists Master's degree
- Recreational Therapists Bachelor's degree
- Rehabilitation Counselors Master's degree
- Robotics Engineers Bachelor's degree
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $38,580 | $49,433 | $19,308 | 56 |
| Associate degree | $46,349 | $49,406 | — | 64 |
| Bachelor's degree | $38,749 | $52,743 | $23,276 | 282 |
| Master's degree | $67,558 | $71,797 | $61,500 | 325 |
| Doctoral degree | $76,965 | $82,683 | $98,085 | 256 |
| Professional degree | $77,128 | $81,327 | $117,112 | 303 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.