2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Therapy for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Therapy for a Master’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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,986 physical therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The physical therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Therapy for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Therapy for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Therapy for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Therapy for a Master’s list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s physical therapy students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying physical therapy list, Duquesne has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duquesne University supports 8,830 students, and 219 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 127 are 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.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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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