2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Arizona, there were 149 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 149 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,933 and $83,266 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona.

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

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$19,489 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 96 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northern Arizona University Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

#2

Midwestern University - Glendale

Glendale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$47,512 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern University - Glendale. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona. Glendale, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s physical therapy degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

Midwestern University - Glendale not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Midwestern University - Glendale are $47,512, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Midwestern University - Glendale 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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