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2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$26,386 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,418 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 741 degrees and certificates were awarded to rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #16 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for rehabilitation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Rehabilitation Professions

#1

Governors State University

University Park, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Governors State University the best value school in Illinois for rehabilitation and therapeutic professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GSU are $8,320 a year.

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Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUC are $16,162 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a very large public school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.

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#5

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bradley are $17,400 per year.

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Midwestern University - Downers Grove came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the suburb of Downers Grove, Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Midwestern University - Downers Grove graduate students pay an average of $47,207 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RFUMS are $36,765 per year.

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#8

Rush University

Chicago, IL

Rush University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree rehabilitation and therapeutic professions programs. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Rush University graduate students pay an average of $37,253 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.

Northwestern also made our Best Rehabilitation Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 759
Ohio 881
Indiana 454
Wisconsin 668

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

Majors Similar to Rehabilitation

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 9 schools only.

  • 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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