64 Best Physical Therapy schools in New York State

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in New York State ranked based on their research performance in Physical Therapy. A graph of 2.39M citations received by 61.4K academic papers made by 64 universities in New York State was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Columbia University

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#18 in the United States

#24 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,869

2. Cornell University

Ithaca

For Physical Therapy

#26 in the United States

#34 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,455

3. New York University

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#45 in the United States

#55 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,730

4. University at Buffalo

Buffalo

For Physical Therapy

#54 in the United States

#66 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 86%

5. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#57 in the United States

#70 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,234
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1963

6. University of Rochester

Rochester

For Physical Therapy

#64 in the United States

#77 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,900

7. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook

For Physical Therapy

#103 in the United States

#119 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 89%

8. Syracuse University

Syracuse

For Physical Therapy

#133 in the United States

#155 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $51,520

9. Upstate Medical University

Syracuse

For Physical Therapy

#155 in the United States

#178 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,286
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1834

10. Albany Medical College

Albany

For Physical Therapy

#162 in the United States

#185 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 834
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1839

11. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Physical Therapy

#163 in the United States

#186 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,470
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1860

12. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Physical Therapy

#165 in the United States

#189 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 31
Enrollment: 4,508

13. SUNY at Albany

Albany

For Physical Therapy

#170 in the United States

#195 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $9,747
Enrollment: 16,880

14. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#171 in the United States

#196 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 273
Male:Female: 12:88

15. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#188 in the United States

#215 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,204
Male:Female: 29:71
Founded: 1860

16. Yeshiva University

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#197 in the United States

#225 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $38,118

17. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Physical Therapy

#211 in the United States

#239 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $34,297

18. New York Chiropractic College

Seneca Falls

For Physical Therapy

#221 in the United States

#252 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 528
Male:Female: 47:53

19. Lehman College, CUNY

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#246 in the United States

#279 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1040
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $9,389

20. Rockefeller University

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#252 in the United States

#286 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 286
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1901

21. CUNY City College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#260 in the United States

#295 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1340
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $9,236

22. King's College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#269 in the United States

#305 in North America

Net Price: $34,192
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $24,640
Enrollment: 442

23. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Physical Therapy

#271 in the United States

#307 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,940

24. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Physical Therapy

#283 in the United States

#319 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $35,687

25. Long Island University

Brookville

For Physical Therapy

#290 in the United States

#326 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $22,620

26. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Physical Therapy

#296 in the United States

#332 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 78%

27. Fordham University

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#306 in the United States

#342 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $45,368

28. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Physical Therapy

#315 in the United States

#351 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,671

29. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Physical Therapy

#318 in the United States

#354 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $32,368

30. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Physical Therapy

#328 in the United States

#364 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1294
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $33,192

31. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#334 in the United States

#370 in North America

Enrollment: 349
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1911

32. St John's University - New York

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#336 in the United States

#372 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,206

33. CUNY Hunter College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#343 in the United States

#380 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1340
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,624

34. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#345 in the United States

#382 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 9,116
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1961

35. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Physical Therapy

#367 in the United States

#405 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $8,034
Enrollment: 6,780

36. Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester

For Physical Therapy

#378 in the United States

#417 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $39,753

37. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Physical Therapy

#384 in the United States

#424 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

38. SUNY Buffalo State

Buffalo

For Physical Therapy

#388 in the United States

#429 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1075
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $8,921

39. CUNY Brooklyn College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#395 in the United States

#436 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1280
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,290

40. SUNY College of Optometry

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#407 in the United States

#448 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 394
Male:Female: 23:77
Founded: 1971

41. CUNY Queens College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#408 in the United States

#449 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1210
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $8,904

42. College of Staten Island CUNY

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#414 in the United States

#455 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $8,174
Enrollment: 10,736

43. D'Youville College

Buffalo

For Physical Therapy

#440 in the United States

#483 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1038
Net Price: $20,268
Receiving Aid: 70%

44. Pace University

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#441 in the United States

#484 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1229
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $34,299

45. Daemen College

Amherst

For Physical Therapy

#448 in the United States

#494 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $18,944
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,136

46. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Physical Therapy

#459 in the United States

#506 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Net Price: $16,776
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $15,611

47. Touro College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#476 in the United States

#523 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1358
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $25,934

48. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Physical Therapy

#480 in the United States

#527 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 84%

49. New York College of Health Professions

Syosset

For Physical Therapy

#528 in the United States

#577 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $42,908
Receiving Aid: 50%
Average Aid: $3,648

50. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#549 in the United States

#599 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1310
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $9,867

51. Utica College

Utica

For Physical Therapy

#565 in the United States

#615 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1120
Net Price: $22,510
Receiving Aid: 98%

52. Nazareth College

Rochester

For Physical Therapy

#576 in the United States

#626 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $31,321

53. Union College

Schenectady

For Physical Therapy

#592 in the United States

#642 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $42,884

54. Manhattan College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#615 in the United States

#666 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,349

55. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#620 in the United States

#672 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1125
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $9,284

56. Houghton College

Houghton

For Physical Therapy

#626 in the United States

#678 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,358

57. New School

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#630 in the United States

#682 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Net Price: $62,226
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $20,504

58. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany

For Physical Therapy

#634 in the United States

#686 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $26,804

59. Barnard College

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#637 in the United States

#689 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1502
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,738

60. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Physical Therapy

#647 in the United States

#700 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 94%

61. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Physical Therapy

#681 in the United States

#739 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1100
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $7,896

62. Saint John Fisher College

Rochester

For Physical Therapy

#691 in the United States

#750 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,969

63. CUNY School of Law

New York City

For Physical Therapy

#728 in the United States

#788 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 681
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1983

64. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Physical Therapy

#741 in the United States

#803 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1185
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $11,162

Closest to New York states to learn Physical Therapy

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Vermont	3	67
Connecticut	14	16
Massachusetts	37	1
New Hampshire	6	118
Pennsylvania	52	4
Rhode Island	4	43
New Jersey	14	47
Maryland	13	3
District of Columbia	6	75
Maine	5	276
West Virginia	6	85
Ohio	27	20
Virginia	20	40
Michigan	17	5
North Carolina	22	9
Indiana	17	38
Kentucky	10	50
South Carolina	11	39
Wisconsin	16	14
Illinois	30	11
Tennessee	20	60
Georgia	22	32
Iowa	9	24
Alabama	17	22
Minnesota	13	12
Missouri	20	21
Mississippi	6	138
Arkansas	8	113
Florida	24	8
Kansas	8	70
South Dakota	6	241
Louisiana	12	90
North Dakota	3	203
Nebraska	7	105
Oklahoma	7	106
Texas	51	34
Colorado	16	51
Montana	3	177
New Mexico	3	93
Puerto Rico	5	413
Utah	7	25
Idaho	3	194
Arizona	6	46
Nevada	3	141
Washington	15	2
Oregon	13	30
California	66	6
Hawaii	4	151