2023 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Oregon
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$36,100
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate” 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 Oregon, there were 94 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate” 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Oregon
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pacific University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate. Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 50 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees to qualified students.
Pacific also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 155 of the 3,808 students enrolled at Pacific were GI Bill® students, of which 82 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,055. During this same period, 45 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, George Fox University landed the #2 spot on the list. Newberg, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s physical therapy degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.
GFU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.Of the 4,106 students enrolled at GFU, 145 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 77 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,462. On top of their other funding sources, 28 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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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