US College Programs

Rehabilitation and Therapy (Bachelor's) Programs in Massachusetts, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 5 programs report first-year pay
  • 5 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Massachusetts rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's program pays its graduates $36,349 in their first year, $564 more than the national median. Assumption University reports the highest first-year pay ($38,094), and Lesley University the lowest median debt ($23,000).

Median first-year pay$36,349National $35,786
Median pay after 5 years$73,414National $51,552
Median federal debt$26,875National $26,287
Debt-to-earnings74%National 70%

All 5 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

3 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

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 the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Assumption University$38,094
  2. Boston University$36,705
  3. Berklee College of Music$36,349
  4. UMass Lowell$35,605
  5. Lesley University$28,787

Lowest median debt

  1. Lesley University$23,000
  2. Berklee College of Music$23,750
  3. UMass Lowell$26,750
  4. Assumption University$27,000
  5. Boston University$27,000

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. Berklee College of Music65%
  2. Assumption University71%
  3. Boston University74%
  4. UMass Lowell75%
  5. Lesley University80%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$103,790

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $82,760Top 10%: $130,220

Occupational Therapists

$100,930

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $73,140Top 10%: $127,380

Rehabilitation Counselors

$47,320

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $38,770Top 10%: $101,760

Recreational Therapists

$62,820

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $49,090Top 10%: $94,890

Common questions

Assumption University in Worcester reports the highest median first-year pay, $38,094. Its median federal debt is $27,000.

Related pages

Rehabilitation and Therapy (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked56 programs by pay and debt

About this data

  • Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
  • 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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024