2023 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$40,700
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in Massachusetts 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.
Across Massachusetts, there were 492 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physical therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical therapy/therapist programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical therapy/therapist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree vets studying physical therapy.
Top 2 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s list. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
Springfield College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. 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.
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 Springfield College]](/colleges/springfield-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Physical Therapy for a Bachelor’s. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.Of the 22,905 students enrolled at Northeastern, 9 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,441. During this same period, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
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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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