2025 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

a bachelor's degree in physical therapy/therapist is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #458 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 35 bachelor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to physical therapy/therapist students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other physical therapy/therapist students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physical therapy/therapist related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for physical therapy/therapist students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Physical Therapy/Therapist in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in physical therapy/therapist.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Physical Therapy

1

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Duquesne University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in physical therapy/therapist from Duquesne University

2

Saint Francis University
Loretto, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Saint Francis University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Loretto.More information about a bachelor’s in physical therapy/therapist from Saint Francis University

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	68
Delaware	224	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy/Therapist is one of 16 different types of Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	151
Rehabilitation Science	150
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	112
Music Therapy	55
Occupational Therapy	52
Art Therapy	51
Animal-Assisted Therapy	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver. More about our data sources and methodologies.