2024 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Connecticut
4Colleges in Connecticut
205Physical Therapy Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in physical therapy/therapist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #55 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 205 degrees in physical therapy/therapist to qualified students.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for physical therapy/therapist schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Connecticut
The schools below may not offer all types of physical therapy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Quinnipiac University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #488 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Quinnipiac is a great university overall.
There were about 67 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent year we have data available.
Sacred Heart University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Sacred Heart is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield. This university ranks 9th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 69 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Hartford is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in physical therapy/therapist. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of West Hartford. This university ranks 11th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 35 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UHart in the most recent data year.
University of Connecticut is a great choice for students interested in a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 34 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of physical therapy/therapist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for physical therapy/therapist schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
