2025 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Kansas
3Colleges in Kansas
137Physical Therapy Degrees Awarded
Ranked #55 in popularity, physical therapy/therapist is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 137 degrees in physical therapy/therapist annually.
Choosing a Great Physical Therapy/Therapist School
Your choice of physical therapy/therapist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Physical Therapy/Therapist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Kansas list to help you make the college decision.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Kansas
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physical therapy degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat University of Kansas if you want to pursue a degree in physical therapy/therapist. KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 58 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Saint Mary if you wish to pursue a degree in physical therapy/therapist. University of St. Mary is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Leavenworth. This university ranks 22nd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 40 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at University of St. Mary in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Wichita State University if you wish to pursue a degree in physical therapy/therapist. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Wichita. This university ranks 15th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 39 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of physical therapy/therapist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Physical Therapy/Therapist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
