A total of 12 colleges and universities, 10 private and 2 public schools, are among the top performing physical therapy schools in the 5-year aggregate data of physical therapist licensure examinations with at least 100 examinees and at least 70 percent weighted passing rate.
University of the Philippines-Manila led the list of top performing physical therapy schools for 2014-2018 with 94.87 percent weighted passing rate. The school has produced a total of 185 licensed physical therapists from the 5-year aggregate of examinees.
A total of 6,036 out of 9,899 examinees passed the physical therapists licensure examinations from February 2014 up to August 2018. The weighted national passing rate is 63.40 percent.
With a weighted passing rate of 93.88 percent, University of Santo Tomas ranked second followed by Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila with 92.50 percent weighted passing rate. UST has registered a total of 506 licensed physical therapists for same period while PLM has produced 296.
Meanwhile, Silliman University got an overall weighted passing rate of 87.33% and was ranked fourth, with 131 out of its 150 examinees passing the physical therapists board exams.
San Pedro College-Davao City earned the fifth place with a weighted passing rate of 86.11% or 113 out of 137 examinees passing the said licensure examinations.
A total of 323 examinees out of 379 (or 85.23% weighted average) passed the 2014-2018 physical therapists licensure examinations from Velez College.
Completing the top 10 performing schools are the Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation (80.66 percent), University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (77.41%), Cebu Doctors’ University (76.36%), and Liceo de Cagayan University (73.79 percent).
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Here is the full list of top performing physical therapy schools nationwide for 2014-2018 with at least 100 examinees and with at least 70.0% weighted passing rate.
| Top Performing Physical Therapy Schools in the Philippines (2014-2018) | ||||||||||||||
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| Rank | School | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 5-year aggregate | |||||||
| Takers | % Passed (WA) | Takers | % Passed (WA) | Takers | % Passed (WA) | Takers | % Passed (WA) | Takers | % Passed (WA) | Passers | Takers | Weighted Average (%) | ||
| 1 | University of the Philippines-Manila | 43 | 93.03 | 13 | 76.92 | 44 | 97.73 | 48 | 100.00 | 47 | 93.62 | 185 | 195 | 94.87 |
| 2 | University of Santo Tomas | 115 | 91.30 | 106 | 89.62 | 94 | 95.74 | 111 | 98.20 | 113 | 94.69 | 506 | 539 | 93.88 |
| 3 | Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila | 49 | 89.79 | 60 | 95.00 | 43 | 100.00 | 81 | 86.42 | 87 | 94.25 | 296 | 320 | 92.50 |
| 4 | Silliman University | 23 | 78.26 | 36 | 83.33 | 28 | 89.29 | 24 | 87.50 | 39 | 94.87 | 131 | 150 | 87.33 |
| 5 | San Pedro College-Davao City | 30 | 83.33 | 19 | 63.16 | 27 | 88.89 | 9 | 77.77 | 52 | 96.16 | 118 | 137 | 86.13 |
| 6 | Velez College | 46 | 78.26 | 73 | 87.67 | 83 | 84.34 | 93 | 87.09 | 84 | 85.72 | 323 | 379 | 85.23 |
| 7 | Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation | 41 | 65.86 | 41 | 82.92 | 44 | 88.64 | 54 | 83.34 | 32 | 81.25 | 171 | 212 | 80.66 |
| 8 | University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center | 38 | 89.47 | 72 | 58.33 | 77 | 76.62 | 71 | 74.65 | 74 | 93.24 | 257 | 332 | 77.41 |
| 9 | Cebu Doctors University | 47 | 59.57 | 80 | 78.75 | 129 | 76.74 | 93 | 65.59 | 129 | 88.37 | 365 | 478 | 76.36 |
| 10 | Liceo De Cagayan University | 10 | 70.00 | 12 | 83.33 | 22 | 77.27 | 20 | 75.00 | 39 | 69.23 | 76 | 103 | 73.79 |
| 11 | Angeles University Foundation | 26 | 38.46 | 38 | 60.52 | 41 | 82.93 | 21 | 95.24 | 20 | 100.00 | 107 | 146 | 73.29 |
| 12 | De La Salle University-Health Sciences Institute | 149 | 66.44 | 121 | 72.73 | 189 | 75.13 | 127 | 72.44 | 35 | 60.00 | 442 | 621 | 71.18 |
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