Is a Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions degree worth it?
Across 65 schools, graduates of Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions earn a median $50,801 five years out on $26,000 of debt — most often working as Physical Therapists. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$50,801
Median debt
$26,000
Years to pay off
4.6
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
35%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+10.2%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
10.3%
$57,111 vs $51,241
Net price
$18,842/yr
Debt-test failures
8.8%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$5,689
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.