2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Kentucky (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Kentucky, there were 166 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 162 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Kentucky (With Aid)

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s physical therapy degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

WKU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at WKU

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 66 degrees to qualified doctorate’s physical therapy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our kentucky doctor’s degree physical therapy students with aid list, UK has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical Therapy/Therapist at UK

#3

Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$16,645 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellarmine University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid list. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s physical therapy degrees to 68 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellarmine U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bellarmine University are $16,645.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s 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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