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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major

5 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$35,500 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in physical therapy/therapist. That schools that top this list have a program in physical therapy/therapist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist

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Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Duquesne Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major list. Mobile, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical therapy degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at USA

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Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Loyola University Chicago Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at CU Anschutz

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full University of Southern California Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

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