2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

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.

More Ways to Rank Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree physical therapy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. Mobile, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical therapy degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree physical therapy students whose families make $48-$75k list, USA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USA are $16,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at University of South Alabama

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist (Income $48-$75k)

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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