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2023 Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in California

18 Colleges
$70,418 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students earned 3,010 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in California to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for rehabilitation majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences the best school in California for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, USAHS is a private for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Samuel Merritt University is a great place for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Samuel Merritt University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oakland.

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Out of the 18 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western University of Health Sciences is a great place for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Western University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Pomona.

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Out of the 18 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 5 spot on the list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#6

Chapman University

Orange, CA

Chapman University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Chapman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Orange.

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University of the Pacific did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Stockton.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - San Francisco did quite well on this year’s best schools for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#9

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, CA

Mount Saint Mary’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. MSMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Azusa Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Azusa, Azusa Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 250
Oregon 156
Nevada 108

One of 29 majors within the area of study, rehabilitation and therapeutic professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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