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Best Value Colleges for Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

50

Schools Ranked

$31,757

Avg. Earnings

1 yrs

Best Payback

3,496

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	CUNY York College Jamaica, NY · Public	$9,462	$71,351	1 yrs
2	D'Youville University Buffalo, NY · Private	$20,520	$56,641	3.8 yrs
3	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI · Public	$13,198	$38,122	16.9 yrs
4	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA · Private	$28,685	$41,565	17.5 yrs
5	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY · Public	$18,700	$38,289	22.7 yrs
6	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI · Public	$14,547	$37,054	28.3 yrs
7	Wartburg College Waverly, IA · Private	$22,677	$37,208	41.1 yrs
8	Boston University Boston, MA · Private	$18,458	$36,717	43 yrs
9	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI · Public	$15,720	$36,111	56.6 yrs
10	Assumption University Worcester, MA · Private	$26,074	$36,092	95.5 yrs
11	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI · Public	$15,277	$35,594	102.9 yrs
12	Temple University Philadelphia, PA · Public	$21,568	$35,416	207.4 yrs
13	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY · Private	$31,694	$25,194	N/A
14	University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford, PA · Public	$17,344	$31,314	N/A
15	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA · Public	$24,139	$31,314	N/A
16	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA · Public	$17,113	$32,213	N/A
17	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	$10,364	$33,281	N/A
18	University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX · Private	$23,172	$26,353	N/A
19	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	$5,700	$29,350	N/A
20	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA · Public	$19,050	$32,162	N/A
21	University of Toledo Toledo, OH · Public	$17,555	$31,852	N/A
22	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC · Public	$19,195	$34,704	N/A
23	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas, PA · Public	$15,562	$28,870	N/A
24	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA · Public	$19,297	$28,870	N/A
25	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA · Public	$22,967	$28,870	N/A
26	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA · Public	$17,365	$28,870	N/A
27	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public	$27,137	$28,870	N/A
28	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA · Public	$20,421	$28,870	N/A
29	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY · Public	$8,084	$28,366	N/A
30	University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD · Public	$17,949	$28,598	N/A
31	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI · Public	$15,247	$34,603	N/A
32	Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX · Public	$13,192	$34,704	N/A
33	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC · Public	$14,701	$31,907	N/A
34	Carroll College Helena, MT · Private	$21,482	$26,353	N/A
35	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH · Public	$18,860	$29,926	N/A
36	East Carolina University Greenville, NC · Public	$16,654	$32,569	N/A
37	University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME · Public	$13,655	$30,047	N/A
38	Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH · Public	$16,871	$28,236	N/A
39	Emporia State University Emporia, KS · Public	$15,070	$26,739	N/A
40	University of North Texas Denton, TX · Public	$14,132	$32,806	N/A
41	Longwood University Farmville, VA · Public	$17,384	$32,925	N/A
42	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA · Public	$22,726	$30,771	N/A
43	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX · Public	$5,452	$26,886	N/A
44	Lesley University Cambridge, MA · Private	$32,725	$24,325	N/A
45	Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC · Public	$15,119	$24,562	N/A
46	Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR · Public	$12,727	$24,863	N/A
47	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL · Public	$14,499	$24,730	N/A
48	Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA · Public	$18,825	$27,488	N/A
49	Alabama State University Montgomery, AL · Public	$19,853	$23,869	N/A
50	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA · Public	$20,726	$30,988	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.