2025 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 729 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physical Therapy/Therapist in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Physical Therapy

1

The University of Montana
Missoula, MT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

379 Annual Graduates

The University of Montana is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from The University of Montana

2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

49 Annual Graduates

University of Utah is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of Utah

3

Regis University
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

82 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Regis University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Regis University

4

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

67 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

5

Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

ISU is a large public university located in the city of Pocatello.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Idaho State University

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges by State

Explore the best physical therapy/therapist schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	182	149
Utah	144	140
Idaho	57	45
Montana	47	394

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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
Occupational Therapy	39
Other Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	5
Rehabilitation Science	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.