2023 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$30,700
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 55th most popular major in the country with 13,655 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 301 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical therapy/therapist programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying physical therapy.
Top 14 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 14 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield College landed the #1 spot on the list. Springfield College is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 43 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
Springfield College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 3,068 students enrolled at Springfield College, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Springfield College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
Duquesne did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 8,830 students enrolled at Duquesne, 219 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 127 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,403. To help with additional expenses, 43 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 Duquesne University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.
Mizzou also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7.According to our most recent data, University of Missouri - Columbia supports 31,089 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,384. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Missouri - Columbia]](/colleges/university-of-missouri-columbia/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 14 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Francis University landed the #4 spot on the list. Loretto, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Saint Francis also took the #5 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 2,769 students enrolled at Saint Francis, 35 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,233. To help with additional expenses, 5 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. Northeastern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Northeastern University supports 22,905 students, and 9 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 6 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,441. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northeastern University]](/colleges/northeastern-university/student-life/veterans/)
Bellarmine University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. Bellarmine U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Bellarmine U also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9.Our most recent data shows that 103 of the 3,293 students enrolled at Bellarmine U were GI Bill® students, of which 56 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,409. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Loyola University Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. Loyola Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees to qualified students.
Loyola Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 16,893 students enrolled at Loyola Chicago, 261 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 165 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,263. During this same period, 78 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Loyola Chicago offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Loyola Chicago]](/colleges/loyola-university-chicago/student-life/veterans/)
Andrews University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s ranking. Berrien Springs, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Andrews also took the #6 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 3,162 students enrolled at Andrews University, 40 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,888. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, 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 [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Andrews University Veteran Student Life Report
Georgia Southern University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. GaSou is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 25 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
GaSou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, GaSou supports 26,949 students, and 1,102 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 406 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,665. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at GaSou]](/colleges/georgia-southern-university/student-life/veterans/)
Ithaca College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy degrees to 68 students in 2020-2021.
Ithaca did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 68 of the 5,354 students enrolled at Ithaca were GI Bill® students, of which 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,640. During this same period, 32 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.
OBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 1,763 students enrolled at Oklahoma Baptist University, 80 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,051. In addition to receiving other benefits, 18 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full OBU Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #12, Chicago State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
CSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 2,644 students enrolled at Chicago State University, 94 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 48 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,489. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 veteran student life at CSU]](/colleges/chicago-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #13, Louisiana College did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Pineville, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.
Louisiana College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 34 of the 1,153 students enrolled at Louisiana College were GI Bill® students, of which 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,276. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Northwest Nazarene University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #14. Northwest Nazarene University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nampa, Idaho. It awarded 3 bachelors’s physical therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
NNU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, NNU supports 2,109 students, and 80 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 57 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,130. During this same period, 5 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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