2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
29
Degrees Awarded
$27,800
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical therapy/therapist programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying physical therapy.
Top 2 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellarmine University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. Bellarmine U is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 3 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Bellarmine U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 3,293 students enrolled at Bellarmine University, 103 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 56 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,409. During this same period, 5 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Bellarmine University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Bellarmine U]](/colleges/bellarmine-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s. Located in Statesboro, Georgia, this large public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.
GaSou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,102 of the 26,949 students enrolled at Georgia Southern University were GI Bill® students, of which 406 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,665. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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