2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy Assistant for a Bachelor’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy Assistant for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Physical Therapy Assistant is the 111th most popular major in the country with 7,420 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 physical therapy assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical therapy assistant programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical therapy assistant program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy Assistant for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy Assistant for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy Assistant for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Physical Therapy Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy Assistant for a Bachelor’s list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
South College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 351 of the 5,171 students enrolled at South College were GI Bill® students, of which 230 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,622. In addition to receiving other benefits, 19 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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