2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Physical Therapy Studies in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Physical Therapy Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Pre-Physical Therapy Studies is the 768th most popular major in the country with 252 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southwest region, there were 19 pre-physical therapy studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 pre-physical therapy studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Physical Therapy Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in pre-physical therapy studies. That schools that top this list have a program in pre-physical therapy studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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The pre-physical therapy studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Physical Therapy Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Physical Therapy Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Physical Therapy Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Physical Therapy Studies in the Southwest Region

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Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher, Arizona

Top 25% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Physical Therapy Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Arizona College landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Arizona College is a small public school situated in Thatcher, Arizona. It awarded 3 associates’s pre-physical therapy studies degrees in 2021-2022.

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South Plains College
Levelland, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Pre-Physical Therapy Studies Major in the Southwest Region. South Plains College is a medium-sized public school situated in Levelland, Texas. It awarded 0 associates’s pre-physical therapy studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• 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.