2025 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Ranked #4 in popularity, physical therapy/therapist is one of the most sought-after doctor's 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 20 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 978 doctor's degrees in physical therapy/therapist during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Physical Therapy/Therapist School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of physical therapy/therapist for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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 - The number of physical therapy/therapist students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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 doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physical Therapy/Therapist in the New England Region

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

10 Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Physical Therapy

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

77 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Boston University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Boston University

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

80 Annual Graduates

Tufts University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Tufts University

3

MGH Institute of Health Professions
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

73 Annual Graduates

MGH Institute of Health Professions is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the large city of Boston, MGH Institute of Health Professions is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from MGH Institute of Health Professions

4

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

62 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Northeastern University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Northeastern University

5

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

88 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Quinnipiac University

6

Simmons University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Simmons is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Simmons University

7

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of Connecticut

8

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

58 Annual Graduates

Sacred Heart is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Sacred Heart University

9

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

UVM is a large public university located in the small city of Burlington.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of Vermont

10

Springfield College
Springfield, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Annual Graduates

Springfield College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Springfield College

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges by State

Explore the best physical therapy/therapist schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	403
Connecticut	138	204
Rhode Island	119	26
New Hampshire	56	113
Maine	53	93
Vermont	33	35

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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.

Majors Similar to Physical Therapy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapy	242
Rehabilitation Science	7
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	2

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.