2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

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.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical therapy/therapist programs that also have a lower cost than 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 an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Itawamba Community College

Fulton, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$5,107 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 Getting Aid. Fulton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical therapy degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree physical therapy students with aid list, ICC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $5,107 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Physical Therapy students with aid per year to attend Itawamba Community College.

Full Itawamba Community College Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

#2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$8,503 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 Getting Aid list. Perkinston, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical therapy degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree physical therapy students with aid list, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for southeast region associate degree physical therapy students with aid.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

#3

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$22,661 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Adventist University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 $22,661 for southeast region associate degree physical therapy students with aid per year to attend Southern Adventist.

Full Southern Adventist University Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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