2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in District of Columbia

If you pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the most popular for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 59 doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for physical therapy/therapist.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physical Therapy/Therapist in District of Columbia

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist.

Most Well Attended Schools for Physical Therapy Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

42 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at George Washington University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist in District of Columbia. More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from George Washington University

2

Howard University
Washington, DC

17 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist has to check out Howard University. Located in the city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist in District of Columbia. More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Howard University

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	374	1,273
Pennsylvania	303	1,034
Maryland	179	90
New Jersey	158	219
Delaware	48	50

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy/Therapist is one of 13 different types of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapy	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.