2024 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Washington
3Colleges in Washington
131Physical Therapy Degrees Awarded
Ranked #55 in popularity, physical therapy/therapist is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 131 degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Physical Therapy/Therapist School
Your choice of physical therapy/therapist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Physical Therapy/Therapist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Washington
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physical therapy degree levels they offer.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 59 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in physical therapy/therapist needs to look into University of Puget Sound. Located in the city of Tacoma, Puget Sound is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 6th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 35 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Puget Sound in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in physical therapy/therapist needs to check out Eastern Washington University. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 37 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).