2024 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Nebraska

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nebraska to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 140 degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools List

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 Nebraska 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.

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Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Nebraska

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.

Top Nebraska Schools in Physical Therapy

1

Creighton University
Omaha, NE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

79 Physical Therapy Degrees Awarded

22.8% Growth in Graduates

Creighton University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in physical therapy/therapist from Creighton University

2

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

61 Physical Therapy Degrees Awarded

University of Nebraska Medical Center is a great choice for students interested in a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNMC is a public university with a small student population.More information about a degree in physical therapy/therapist from University of Nebraska Medical Center

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	307
Missouri	693	577
Iowa	648	190
Kansas	599	144
North Dakota	416	129
South Dakota	381	30

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Physical Therapy/Therapist Related Rankings by Major

Physical Therapy/Therapist is one of 16 different types of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Physical Therapy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapy	184
Rehabilitation Science	37
Art Therapy	2
Music Therapy	1

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

More about our data sources and methodologies.