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

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 Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 71 doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on physical therapy/therapist students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other physical therapy/therapist students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physical therapy/therapist related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Mississippi Schools for a Doctorate in Physical Therapy

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Annual Graduates

University of Mississippi is a great decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of Mississippi

2

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

William Carey University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. William Carey University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from William Carey University

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	468
North Carolina	190	426
Georgia	190	291
Virginia	182	390
Tennessee	150	305
Louisiana	146	100
Alabama	139	150
South Carolina	135	88
Kentucky	119	170
Arkansas	74	150
West Virginia	61	128

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Physical Therapy/Therapist Related Rankings by Major

One of 16 majors within the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions area of study, Physical Therapy/Therapist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapy	36

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.