2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia

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Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 55th most popular major in the country with 13,655 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 72 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy/therapist. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physical therapy/therapist program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 23 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Howard Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 49 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

Full GWU Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.