2023 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 13,655 people earned their degree in physical therapy/therapist, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,574 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying physical therapy.
Top 2 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Loyola Chicago also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 16,893 students enrolled at Loyola Chicago, 261 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 165 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,263. To help with additional expenses, 78 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Andrews University landed the #2 spot on the list. Andrews is a private not-for-profit institution located in Berrien Springs, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Andrews also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 40 of the 3,162 students enrolled at Andrews University were GI Bill® students, of which 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. Andrews University offers credit for military training for eligible 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Andrews University]](/colleges/andrews-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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