2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 13,134 people earned their degree in physical therapy/therapist, making the major the 59th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,770 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 41 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical therapy/therapist programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Itawamba Community College

Fulton, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$4,847 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Itawamba Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. ICC is a small public school situated in Fulton, Mississippi. It awarded 9 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

ICC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Itawamba Community College is $4,847 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Physical Therapy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at Itawamba Community College

#2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$8,361 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Perkinston, Mississippi. It awarded 24 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,361 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Physical Therapy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

#3

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$19,618 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Southern Adventist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Collegedale, Tennessee. It awarded 8 associates’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Adventist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,618 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Physical Therapy students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southern Adventist University.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at Southern Adventist University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *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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