2025 Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Kentucky
3Colleges in Kentucky
167Physical Therapy Degrees Awarded
Ranked #55 in popularity, physical therapy/therapist is one of the most sought-after 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 3 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy/therapist students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 167 degrees in physical therapy/therapist to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Physical Therapy/Therapist School
Your choice of physical therapy/therapist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Physical Therapy/Therapist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The physical therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Physical Therapy/Therapist Schools in Kentucky.
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Best Schools for Physical Therapy/Therapist in Kentucky
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physical therapy degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in physical therapy/therapist needs to check out University of Kentucky. UK is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 62 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available.
Bellarmine University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Louisville. This university ranks 7th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 76 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at Bellarmine U in the most recent data year.
Western Kentucky University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in physical therapy/therapist. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 29 physical therapy/therapist students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of physical therapy/therapist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Physical Therapy/Therapist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
