Factors That Predict Institutional Adoption of Professional Physical Therapist Education Programs

Between 1995 and 2015, the number of accredited physical therapist education programs in the United States rose from 127 to 224. Colleges and universities have been known to develop new programs in an effort to generate revenues through student tuition.In the present study, sources of institutional revenue and expenditures were used as predictors for the adoption of physical therapist education programs.Yearly data from the Integrated...