2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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 in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 2,770 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree physical therapy students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Southeast Region

#1

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#1 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 in the Southeast Region list. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical therapy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USA are $16,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USA Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

• Best Value Master’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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