2022 Best Value Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Oregon (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Oregon, there were 82 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon physical therapy students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Pacific University

Forest Grove, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,498 Average Net Price

$56,960 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pacific University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid. Pacific University is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 ’s physical therapy degrees to qualified students.

Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for Pacific is $29,498 for Oregon Physical Therapy students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at Pacific

#2

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$30,378 Average Net Price

$44,481 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Fox University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid. George Fox University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Newberg, Oregon. It awarded 39 ’s physical therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

GFU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $30,378 for Oregon Physical Therapy students with aid per year to attend GFU.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Full George Fox University Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

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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%.

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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