Bachelor's · University Park, Pennsylvania

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$41,260
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$55,462
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$23,375
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$143k (likely $143k – $174k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$16k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
11.7 years (likely 9.8–15.2)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$192k (likely −$261k – −$149k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$18k (likely −$92k – $133k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
85%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
not reported / ≤ 5%
NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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