Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Physical Therapy for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s physical therapy degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Duquesne also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duquesne supports 8,830 students, and 219 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 127 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,403. In addition to receiving other benefits, 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 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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