Rehabilitation Aide

Types of Degrees Rehabilitation Aide Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many rehabilitation aide graduations there were in 2020-2021 for each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Basic Certificate	88
Undergraduate Certificate	33

What Rehabilitation Aide Majors Need to Know

In an O*NET survey, rehabilitation aide majors were asked to rate what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important in their occupations. These answers were weighted on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most important.

Knowledge Areas for Rehabilitation Aide Majors

Rehabilitation Aide majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Therapy and Counseling - Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Skills for Rehabilitation Aide Majors

The following list of skills has been highlighted as some of the most essential for careers related to rehabilitation aide:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Abilities for Rehabilitation Aide Majors

As a rehabilitation aide major, you will find yourself needing the following abilities:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

What Can You Do With a Rehabilitation Aide Major?

Below is a list of occupations associated with rehabilitation aide:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Healthcare Support Workers	11.7%	$37,830
Occupational Therapy Aides	24.0%	$28,160
Physical Therapist Aides	29.2%	$26,240

How Much Do Rehabilitation Aide Majors Make?

Salaries According to BLS

Rehabilitation Aide majors often go into careers where salaries can range from $28,500 to $39,110 (25th to 75th percentile). This range includes all degree levels, so you may expect those with a more advanced degree to make more while those with less advanced degrees will typically make less.

To put that into context, according to BLS data from the first quarter of 2020, the typical high school graduate makes between $30,000 and $57,900 a year (25th through 75th percentile). The average person with a bachelor’s degree (any field) makes between $45,600 and $99,000. Advanced degree holders make the most with salaries between $55,600 and $125,400.

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Rehabilitation Aide

Some careers associated with rehabilitation aide require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to rehabilitation aide have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma	5.2%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	37.0%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	9.4%
Some College Courses	17.0%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	24.1%
Bachelor’s Degree	5.8%

Online Rehabilitation Aide Programs

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 schools offered some type of rehabilitation aide program. The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	7	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	0	0
Bachelor’s Degree	0	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	0	0
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Is a Degree in Rehabilitation Aide Worth It?

The median salary for a rehabilitation aide grad is $32,580 per year. This is based on the weighted average of the most common careers associated with the major.

Trades Related to Rehabilitation Aide

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to rehabilitation aide.

Major	Number of Grads
Home Health Aide/Home Attendant	1,041
Medication Aide	664
Health Aide	430
Other Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies	114
Physical Therapy Technician/Aide	4

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.