2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Kansas, there were 130 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 130 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,017 and $87,459 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 Kansas

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Kansas

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 53 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our kansas doctor’s degree physical therapy students list, KU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007.

Full University of Kansas Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

#2

University of Saint Mary

Leavenworth, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,124 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Saint Mary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas. Located in Leavenworth, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s physical therapy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of St. Mary, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of St. Mary are $11,124.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at University of St. Mary

#3

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #3 spot on the list. WSU is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 39 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at Wichita State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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