Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

What traits are you looking for in a rehabilitation school? To help you decide if University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's rehabilitation program.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students received their master's degree in rehabilitation.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions section at the bottom of this page.

UNC Chapel Hill Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation
• Doctorate Degree in Rehabilitation

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Chapel Hill

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UNC Chapel Hill does offer online education options in rehabilitation for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

UNC Chapel Hill Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Rankings

There were 32 students who received their doctoral degrees in rehabilitation, making the school the #192 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Rehabilitation Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the rehabilitation majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 rehabilitation majors earned their master's degree from UNC Chapel Hill. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a rehabilitation master's degree from UNC Chapel Hill, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's in rehabilitation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Movement & Mind-Body Therapies
• Medical Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Medical Illustration & Informatics

Careers That Rehabilitation Grads May Go Into

A degree in rehabilitation can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Physical Therapists	6,110	$87,560
Occupational Therapists	3,470	$84,390
Rehabilitation Counselors	2,370	$39,500
Engineers	1,540	$83,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Marchmain05 under License

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