Berklee College of Music Rehabilitation and Therapy (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
- Private nonprofit college
- Boston, MA
- About 46 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Berklee College of Music rehabilitation and therapy graduates earn about what rehabilitation and therapy graduates earn nationally, $36,349 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $23,750 in federal loans, less than at 76% of rehabilitation and therapy programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying rehabilitation and therapy degrees in Massachusetts.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Massachusetts and national columns are the medians across all rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Massachusetts rehabilitation and therapy program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Massachusetts medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $252 a month, or 8.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Boston area are about 8% above the national average, so a $36,349 salary here buys what about $33,574 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to rehabilitation and therapy, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Physical Therapists
$103,790Median pay in Massachusetts. 6,850 people work in this job in Massachusetts. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 12% from 2025 to 2035, with about 13,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.
Occupational Therapists
$100,930Median pay in Massachusetts. 6,510 people work in this job in Massachusetts. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 15% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Rehabilitation Counselors
$47,320Median pay in Massachusetts. 5,760 people work in this job in Massachusetts. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Recreational Therapists
$62,820Median pay in Massachusetts. 210 people work in this job in Massachusetts. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Berklee College of Music
Rehabilitation and Therapy ranks 2nd of 7 bachelor's programs at Berklee College of Music by first-year earnings. The top three are Arts Management ($40,324), Rehabilitation and Therapy ($36,349), and Other Engineering Technology ($26,827).
Other rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs near Boston
Common questions
The median graduate earns $36,349 one year after graduating. The median across rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs in Massachusetts is $36,349.
The median federal loan balance is $23,750, which ranks 2nd lowest of 5 rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs in Massachusetts. That works out to about $252 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 65% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 70%.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the rehabilitation and therapy program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024