Physical Therapy Therapist

A program that prepares individuals to evaluate, examine, diagnose, and alleviate physical 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 anatomy, behavioral sciences, biology, biomechanics, biophysical agents, care plan development and documentation, cellular histology, clinical evaluation and measurement, clinical reasoning, communication, exercise physiology, kinesiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, pathology, physiology, professional standards and ethics, rehabilitation psychology, and therapeutic exercise.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 263 institutions across the United States, with a total of 41287 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

292

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

13,008

degrees awarded

Other Awards

27,872

awards given

Top Schools for Physical Therapy Therapist

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences San Marcos, CA	2,580
2	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	1,137
3	Arcadia University Glenside, PA	651
4	South College Knoxville, TN	519
5	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	474
6	The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN	459
7	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	423
8	Baylor University Waco, TX	372
9	A T Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville, MO	372
10	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	369
11	Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA	339
12	Northeastern University Boston, MA	327
13	Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions Provo, UT	315
14	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	306
15	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	291
16	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	288
17	Regis University Denver, CO	282
18	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	282
19	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	282
20	Touro University New York, NY	279
21	Duke University Durham, NC	276
22	Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NH	273
23	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	270
24	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX	270
25	Utica University Utica, NY	267
26	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	264
27	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	258
28	Creighton University Omaha, NE	255
29	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	255
30	Springfield College Springfield, MA	255
31	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	252
32	Bellarmine University Louisville, KY	243
33	Chapman University Orange, CA	240
34	Tufts University Medford, MA	240
35	Boston University Boston, MA	231
36	Carroll University Waukesha, WI	228
37	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	225
38	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX	219
39	MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA	219
40	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	219
41	Hanover College Hanover, IN	216
42	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	213
43	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	213
44	Southwest Baptist University Bolivar, MO	213
45	Gannon University Erie, PA	210
46	Daemen University Amherst, NY	207
47	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	207
48	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	207
49	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	204
50	University of Hartford West Hartford, CT	201
51	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	201
52	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	198
53	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	198
54	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	198
55	The University of Findlay Findlay, OH	195
56	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	195
57	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	192
58	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	192
59	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	186
60	University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI	186
61	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	186
62	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	183
63	Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	180
64	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	180
65	High Point University High Point, NC	180
66	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	180
67	University of New England Biddeford, ME	180
68	Florida International University Miami, FL	180
69	University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR	180
70	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	177
71	University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX	174
72	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	174
73	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	174
74	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	171
75	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	171
76	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	168
77	University of Delaware Newark, DE	165
78	Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA	165
79	Emory University Atlanta, GA	162
80	Pacific University Forest Grove, OR	162
81	Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center West Des Moines, IA	156
82	University of California-San Francisco San Francisco, CA	153
83	Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago, IL	153
84	University of Mary Bismarck, ND	153
85	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	153
86	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	153
87	Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, CA	153
88	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	150
89	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	150
90	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	147
91	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	147
92	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	147
93	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	144
94	Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO	144
95	Midwestern University-Glendale Glendale, AZ	144
96	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	144
97	Samuel Merritt University Oakland, CA	144
98	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	144
99	Idaho State University Pocatello, ID	141
100	Nazareth University Rochester, NY	141