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 248 schools in the United States 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 13,809 degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of physical therapy/therapist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
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 list to help you make the college 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.
If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Southern California is a great option for students interested in a degree in physical therapy/therapist. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 133 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in physical therapy/therapist has to look into University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. USAHS is a moderately-sized private for-profit university located in the large suburb of San Marcos.
There were approximately 854 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at USAHS in the most recent year we have data available.
Samuel Merritt University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the large city of Oakland, Samuel Merritt University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 44 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Samuel Merritt University in the most recent year we have data available.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a good decision for students interested in a degree in physical therapy/therapist. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Lubbock.
There were roughly 77 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at TTUHSC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 48 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 93 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
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Located in the town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 110 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at A T Still University of Health Sciences in the most recent data year.
UT Health San Antonio is a small public university located in the large city of San Antonio.
There were approximately 42 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UT Health San Antonio in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the fringe town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public university with a small student population.
There were about 79 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UTMB Galveston in the most recent data year.
West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies is a fairly small private for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles.
There were approximately 43 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 8th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 61 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Thomas Jefferson University in the most recent year we have data available.
Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 61 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 87 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Loma Linda University in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 62 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 39 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public university with a small student population.
There were roughly 63 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at MUSC in the most recent year we have data available.
UNLV is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas. This university ranks 1st out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were approximately 47 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were about 82 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 71 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 107 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at RMUoHP in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 92 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 45 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Downers Grove, Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 51 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Midwestern University - Downers Grove in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 68 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Winchester. This university ranks 9th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 80 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Shenandoah in the most recent data year.
