2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in South Carolina

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.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of physical therapy/therapist. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Physical Therapy/Therapist School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in physical therapy matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy/Therapist in South Carolina ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of physical therapy/therapist students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for physical therapy/therapist.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physical Therapy/Therapist in South Carolina

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

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

58 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist needs to check out Medical University of South Carolina. MUSC is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Charleston. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist in South Carolina. More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Medical University of South Carolina

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

21 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist needs to take a look at University of South Carolina - Columbia. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist in South Carolina. More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of South Carolina - Columbia

3

Anderson University South Carolina
Anderson, SC

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist has to look into Anderson University South Carolina. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Anderson University South Carolina

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	219	489
North Carolina	190	370
Georgia	190	286
Virginia	176	354
Tennessee	142	294
Louisiana	140	70
Alabama	129	145
Kentucky	115	164
Mississippi	96	71
Arkansas	73	133
West Virginia	59	132

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Physical Therapy/Therapist Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions area of study, Physical Therapy/Therapist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	1

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.