by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Southeast region, there were 2,818 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in physical therapy/therapist. To top this list, a school must have a successful physical therapy/therapist program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Statesboro, Georgia, this large public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellarmine University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Bellarmine University is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana College landed the #3 spot on the list. Louisiana College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pineville, Louisiana. It awarded 1 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Physical Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Claflin University landed the #4 spot on the list. Claflin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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