2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Colorado

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 13,134 people earned their degree in physical therapy/therapist, making the major the 59th most popular in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 143 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado doctor’s degree physical therapy students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 66 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#2

Regis University

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$14,322 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regis University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 74 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Regis U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Regis University are $14,322.

Full Regis U 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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