2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,818 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular physical therapy/therapist programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate”.

Top 3 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Southeast Region

1

Itawamba Community College
Fulton, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate. ICC is a public institution located in Fulton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at ICC

2

Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee

Top 5% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Collegedale, Tennessee, and it awarded 12 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at Southern Adventist

3

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. Located in Perkinston, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.

Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

• Most Popular Associate 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.