2023 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Nebraska

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 Nebraska for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Physical Therapy/Therapist is the 55th most popular major in the country with 13,655 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Nebraska, there were 140 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physical therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physical therapy/therapist programs and a strong support system for 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Nebraska

1

Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska

278 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,575 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate list. Creighton University is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 79 doctorate’s physical therapy degrees to qualified students.

Creighton also made our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #1.Among the 8,770 students enrolled at Creighton, 278 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 185 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,575. During this same period, 46 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Creighton 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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2

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

72 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$11,242 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska Medical Center. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Nebraska for Physical Therapy for a Doctorate. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s physical therapy degrees to 61 students in 2020-2021.

UNMC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list.Of the 3,699 students enrolled at UNMC, 72 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,242. To help with additional expenses, 6 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNMC offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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 2 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UNMC]](/colleges/university-of-nebraska-medical-center/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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.