Doctoral · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at Methodist University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 12.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $79,465; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $85,721; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $171,817; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $182k (likely $182k – $182k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $25k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NC; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 12.1 years (likely 9.4–16.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$385k (likely −$484k – −$289k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$101k (likely −$272k – $87k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.