2024 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Missouri
8Colleges in Missouri
577Physical Therapy Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy/Therapist is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #55 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of physical therapy/therapist. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 577 degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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. We derive our Best Overall Physical Therapy/Therapist School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Missouri
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the physical therapy degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat A T Still University of Health Sciences if you want to pursue a degree in physical therapy/therapist. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Kirksville.
There were approximately 142 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at A T Still University of Health Sciences in the most recent year we have data available.
Washington University in St Louis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in physical therapy/therapist. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 82 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Saint Louis University if you wish to pursue a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 81 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 63 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Kansas City, Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 47 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Rockhurst in the most recent year we have data available.
Maryville U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #202 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Maryville U is a great university overall.
There were about 45 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Maryville U in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Springfield. This university ranks 11th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 40 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Bolivar, Southwest Baptist University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 24th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 77 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Southwest Baptist University 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).