2023 Most Focused Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist 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.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia physical therapy students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

$50,572 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,989 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Howard University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 23 ’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 University Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

$65,148 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,120 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s physical therapy degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at GWU

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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

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.