2025 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to physical therapy/therapist students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of physical therapy/therapist students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physical therapy/therapist related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for physical therapy/therapist students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools

The physical therapy 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 the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physical Therapy/Therapist in Maryland

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist.

Top Maryland Schools for a Doctorate in Physical Therapy

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

66 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist has to check out University of Maryland - Baltimore. Located in the city of Baltimore, UMB is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of Maryland - Baltimore

2

University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland Eastern Shore is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. UMES is a small public university located in the town of Princess Anne.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	1,275
Pennsylvania	311	1,110
New Jersey	165	176
District of Columbia	143	72
Delaware	63	57

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physical Therapy

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapy	21
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering	2

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.