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Most Popular Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to alleviate physical and functional impairments and limitations caused by injury or disease through the design and implementation of therapeutic interventions to promote fitness and health. Includes instruction in functional anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, neuroscience, pathological physiology, analysis of dysfunction, movement dynamics, physical growth process, management of musculoskeletal disorders, clinical evaluation and measurement, client assessment and supervision, care plan development and documentation, physical therapy modalities, rehabilitation psychology, physical therapy administration, and professional standards and ethics.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Ithaca College 82 5% $62,757
2 Duquesne University 47 2% $54,364
3 Springfield College 42 5% $53,244
4 Georgia Southern University 40 1% $23,014
5 Loyola University Chicago 36 1% $61,328
6 University of Indianapolis 29 2% $45,382
7 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 28 1% $12,120
8 Atenas College 22 6% $8,546
9 Oklahoma City Community College 20 1% $5,659
10 Oklahoma Baptist University 18 4% $41,576
11 Itawamba Community College 14 1% $11,325
12 Andrews University 14 2% $40,566
13 Southern Adventist University 12 2% $34,990
14 D'Youville College 9 1% $43,174
15 Mid Michigan College 9 2% $5,892
16 University of Southern California 9 0% $74,825
17 Texas Woman's University 8 0% $20,272
18 Oakland University 8 0% $25,524
19 Loma Linda University 8 1% N/A
20 Bellarmine University 7 1% $61,138
21 Saint Ambrose University 7 1% $45,966
22 University of Michigan-Flint 6 0% $25,001
23 Drexel University 4 0% $70,223
24 New York University 3 0% $73,566
25 Northwest Nazarene University 3 1% $40,890
26 Chicago State University 2 0% $24,587
27 Amarillo College 2 0% $3,826
28 Snow College 2 0% $12,942
29 Touro College 2 0% $37,436
30 Northeast Mississippi Community College 2 0% $11,636
31 Northern Vermont University 2 0% $25,424
32 University of Missouri-Columbia 2 0% $26,766
33 Gogebic Community College 1 0% $15,024
34 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 1 0% $29,357
35 University of Iowa 1 0% $24,239
36 Louisiana College 1 0% $27,038
37 The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 1 0% $23,614

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Physical Therapy/Therapist program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.