2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s” 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

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 Master’s

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist

#1

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s list. University of South Alabama is located in Mobile, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s physical therapy degrees to qualified students.

USA also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USA are $16,112.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at University of South Alabama

#2

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s. Duquesne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 18 masters’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne University are $24,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Duquesne University Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

#3

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 2 masters’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree physical therapy students list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915.

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

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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