2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

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Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 59th most popular major in the country with 13,134 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 1,116 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Pennsylvania

#1

Saint Francis University

Loretto, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$28,643 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Francis University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Located in Loretto, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical therapy students in 2019-2020.

Saint Francis also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $28,643 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Physical Therapy students per year to attend Saint Francis.

The low student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at Saint Francis University

#2

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$29,309 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

Duquesne did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Duquesne is $29,309 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree physical therapy students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Duquesne Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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