2024 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
9Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
744Physical 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 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 744 degrees in physical therapy/therapist to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Physical Therapy/Therapist School
The physical therapy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Physical Therapy/Therapist Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Rocky Mountains Region
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.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Physical Therapy
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in physical therapy/therapist. RMUoHP is a small private for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo.
There were about 95 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at RMUoHP in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in physical therapy/therapist has to take a look at University of Utah. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were about 45 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in physical therapy/therapist needs to take a look at The University of Montana. UM is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Missoula. A Best Colleges rank of #764 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UM is a great university overall.
There were about 394 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UM in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Regis University if you want to pursue a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Regis U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #742 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Regis U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 83 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Regis U in the most recent data year.
CU Anschutz is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #585 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CU Anschutz is a great university overall.
There were approximately 67 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 45 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at ISU in the most recent year we have data available.
Snow College is a moderately-sized public college located in the town of Ephraim. This college ranks 11th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 10 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Snow College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Coeur d'Alene, NIC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 6th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were roughly 2 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at NIC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 4th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 3 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at NNU 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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The physical therapy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist rankings. 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.
