2023 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 55th most popular major in the country with 13,655 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 966 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 91 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical therapy/therapist programs as well as strong veteran support.
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.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield College landed the #1 spot on the list. Springfield College is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 43 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Springfield College also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 3,068 students enrolled at Springfield College, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 46 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeastern also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 9 of the 22,905 students enrolled at Northeastern were GI Bill® students, of which 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,441. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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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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