2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate
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Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 59th most popular major in the country with 13,134 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 110 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in physical therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical therapy/therapist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate.
Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Plains College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate list. Levelland, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical therapy degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
South Plains College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $7,600 for Associate Degree Physical Therapy students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 18 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree physical therapy students list, OCCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,842 for Associate Degree Physical Therapy students per year to attend Oklahoma City Community College.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate list. Located in Perkinston, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified associates’s physical therapy students in 2019-2020.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for associate degree physical therapy students.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Itawamba Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Itawamba Community College is a small public school situated in Fulton, Mississippi. It awarded 9 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ICC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Itawamba Community College is $5,107 for Associate Degree Physical Therapy students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid Michigan College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate list. Mid Michigan College is located in Harrison, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s physical therapy degrees to qualified students.
Mid Michigan College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mid Michigan College is $8,199 for Associate Degree Physical Therapy students.
With a ranking of #6, North Idaho College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate list. NIC is a small public school situated in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. It awarded 1 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree physical therapy students list, NIC has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Idaho College is $6,703 for associate degree physical therapy students.
Amarillo College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized school located in Amarillo, Texas that handed out 3 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
Amarillo College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Amarillo College is $5,578 for Associate Degree Physical Therapy students.
Snow College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate ranking. Located in Ephraim, Utah, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified associates’s physical therapy students in 2019-2020.
Snow College also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Snow College is $8,592 for associate degree physical therapy students.
Atenas College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #9. Atenas College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Manati, . It awarded 12 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.
Atenas College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Atenas College is $5,135 for Associate Degree Physical Therapy students.
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Southern Adventist University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate ranking. Collegedale, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s physical therapy degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree physical therapy students list, Southern Adventist has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Adventist University is $22,661 for associate degree physical therapy students.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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