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

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.

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 Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 105 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 complete 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 Louisiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Louisiana Schools for a Doctorate in Physical Therapy

1

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. LSU Health - New Orleans is a small public university located in the large city of New Orleans.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

2

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Baton Rouge, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist. FranU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baton Rouge.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

3

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
Shreveport, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physical therapy/therapist has to take a look at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport. Located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport, LSU Health - Shreveport is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in physical therapy/therapist from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Colleges 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
Alabama	139	150
South Carolina	135	88
Kentucky	119	170
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.

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.