2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in Mississippi

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

Across Mississippi, there were 82 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,513 and $106,017 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy/therapist. That schools that top this list have a program in physical therapy/therapist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in Mississippi

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi doctor’s degree physical therapy students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Mississippi

1

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#4 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 26 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full William Carey University Physical Therapy/Therapist Report

2

University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

#2 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 45 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physical Therapy/Therapist at University of Mississippi

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.