2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
28
Degrees Awarded
$25,600
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical therapy/therapist programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools
The physical therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for an Associate”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for an Associate list. Southern Adventist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Collegedale, Tennessee. It awarded 12 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Adventist also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Southern Adventist University supports 2,730 students, and 39 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,631. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for an Associate. Itawamba Community College is a public institution located in Fulton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
ICC also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, ICC supports 4,696 students, and 141 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 46 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,920. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at ICC]](/colleges/itawamba-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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