2025 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Physical Therapy/Therapist is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #4 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 168 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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

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 schools 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 Kentucky list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physical Therapy/Therapist in Kentucky

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for physical therapy/therapist students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Doctorate in Physical Therapy

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

66 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist needs to take a look at University of Kentucky. UK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lexington.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from University of Kentucky

2

Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

73 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Bellarmine University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Louisville.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Bellarmine University

3

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Western Kentucky University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Western Kentucky University

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	468
North Carolina	190	426
Georgia	190	291
Virginia	182	390
Mississippi	154	81
Tennessee	150	305
Louisiana	146	100
Alabama	139	150
South Carolina	135	88
Arkansas	74	150
West Virginia	61	128

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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 Majors Related to Physical Therapy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapy	68
Rehabilitation Science	4

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.