2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 55th most popular major in the country with 13,809 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across District of Columbia, there were 56 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $158,260 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy/therapist. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physical therapy/therapist.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia list. Howard University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at Howard University

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s physical therapy students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at GWU

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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