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2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 59th most popular major in the country with 13,134 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,674 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Ithaca College

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ithaca College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 93 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ithaca, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ithaca is $18,855 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at Ithaca

#2

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Duquesne University is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 35 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree physical therapy students whose families make $0-$30k list, Duquesne has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Duquesne University is $21,862 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at Duquesne University

#3

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. New York Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Old Westbury, New York that handed out 2 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

NYIT also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for New York Institute of Technology is $18,094 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at NYIT

#4

Saint Francis University

Loretto, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Francis University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Francis University is a small school located in Loretto, Pennsylvania that handed out 15 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Francis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Francis is $21,504 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at Saint Francis

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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%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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