2024 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Maryland
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Ranked Colleges
91
Degrees Awarded
$15,100
Avg Net Price*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 13,655 people earned their degree in physical therapy/therapist, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States.
Across Maryland, there were 91 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Maryland” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The physical therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Maryland”.
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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Maryland
The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland physical therapy students.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Maryland
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Maryland list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s physical therapy degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
UMB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Maryland” list.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at University of Maryland - Baltimore
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Maryland list. UMES is a small school located in Princess Anne, Maryland that handed out 25 ’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
UMES not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $15,117 for maryland physical therapy students per year to attend UMES.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full University of Maryland Eastern Shore 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
- *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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