Scholarships for Physical Therapy Majors

Physical Therapy is a popular area of study, and for a good reason – it is a growing market. But if the rising costs of education are making you think twice about getting a degree in physical therapy, you should know there are scholarships out there to help you pay your way. Many physical therapy programs at accredited universities offer scholarships to enrolled students. Private foundations, local service clubs and industry organizations also offer scholarships to aspiring physical therapists. Requirements for these scholarships may include good academic standing, demonstration of financial need, evidence of community service and a student-submitted essay outlining academic and career goals. Check out the list of physical therapy scholarships below to find one that works for you.

Showing 1-20 of 33 scholarships
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  • 10,000
  • 1 Award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
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  • competition 4.0
  • effort level 1.0
Advanced Practice Healthcare Scholarship Program Health Professions Education Foundation
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  • 50,000
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Physical Therapy|Occupational Therapy|Dentistry|Speech Therapy|Physician's Assistant|Pharmacy|
  • Career: Pursue a career in |Certified Nurse Midwife|Clinical Nurse Specialist|
  • competition 3.5
  • effort level 2.0
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  • 1,000
  • 1 award
  • December 2024
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Physical Therapy|Occupational Therapy|
  • Age / Grade Level: |College|
  • competition 3.5
  • effort level 4.5
Wade & Helen Sue Ward Memorial Scholarship Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
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  • 3,000
  • 1 award
  • Mar-31-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Political Science|Law|Nursing|Medicine|Physical Therapy|School Administration|Biology|Teaching|
  • School (K-12): |High School|Holly Grove Christian School, Westover, MD|Washington, MD|Crisfield, MD|
  • School (College): |Two-year|Four-year|Accredited College|Accredited University|Accredited Technical School|accredited Trade School|Accredited Business School|
  • competition 3.5
  • effort level 1.5
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  • 3,350
  • 1 award
  • Apr-15-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Physical Therapy|Occupational Therapy|Speech Therapy|Nurse Practitioner|Registered Nurse|
  • School (K-12): |High School|
  • Age / Grade Level: |High school graduate|
  • competition 3.5
  • effort level 1.0
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  • 1,800
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +3 More
  • Major: Study |Physical Therapy|Sports|Athletic Training|Sports Management|Sports Information|Sports Journalism|
  • Residence: Live in |Tennessee|
  • School (College): |Accredited Public College|Accredited Private College|Accredited University|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 1.0
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  • 3,000
  • 1 award
  • May-15-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Nursing|Respiratory Therapy|
  • School (College): |US Accredited College or University|Nursing School|Accredited School of Nursing|Accredited Respiratory Therapist Program|
  • Age / Grade Level: |College|High school graduate|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 4.5
Elizabeth Marie Roberts Scholarship Triangle Community Foundation
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  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +3 More
  • Major: Study |Nutrition|Dental Hygiene|Nursing|Respiratory Therapy|Medicine|Physical Therapy|Occupational Therapy|Dentistry|Radiologic Technology|Laboratory Technology|Midwifery|Healthcare Administration|
  • School (K-12): |Northern High School, Durham, NC|Riverside High School, Durham, NC|Voyager Academy, Durham, NC|Durham School of the Arts, Durham, NC|
  • Residence: Live in |Bahama, NC|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 1.0
Allied Healthcare Scholarship Program Health Professions Education Foundation
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  • 8,000
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Dental Hygiene|Clinical Laboratory|Respiratory Therapy|Social Work|Radiologic Technology|Pharmacy Technician|Community Health|Medical Imaging|Diagnostic Medicine|Medical Technology|Nuclear Medicine|Surgical Technician|Ultrasound Technicians|Physical Therapist Assistant|Occupational Therapy Assistant|
  • Residence: Live in |California|
  • Age / Grade Level: |College|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 2.0
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  • 1,000
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Engineering|Architecture|Nursing|Medicine|Physical Therapy|Accounting|Dentistry|Counseling|Drafting|Physician's Assistant|Pharmacy|Culinary Arts|Teaching|Automotive|Public Safety|Surveying and Mapping|Mental Health|Agricultural Sciences|Applied Occupations|Bookkeeping|Fire Science|
  • School (K-12): |Healdsburg High School, Healdsburg, CA|
  • Residence: Live in |Sonoma, CA|
  • competition 2.0
  • effort level 1.0
Orfalea Scholarship Fund Ventura County Community Foundation
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  • 2,500
  • 31 awards
  • January 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +4 More
  • Major: Study |Dental Hygiene|Nursing|Physical Therapy|Occupational Therapy|Social Work|Counseling|Psychology|Certified Nursing Assistant|Teaching|Public Health|Early Childhood Education|Sustainable Agriculture|
  • Employer: |Minor Child of Seasonal Farm Worker|Dependent of a Non-profit Agency employee|Dependent of a Nurse|Dependent of a K-12 Teacher|Dependent of a Ventura City Employee|Dependent of a Ventura County Firefighter|Dependent of a Ventura City Police Officer|Dependent of a Ventura County Sheriff Officer|
  • Disability: |Learning Disability|
  • competition 1.0
  • effort level 4.5
Heather Nicole Moseley Memorial Scholarship Amarillo Area Foundation (AAF), Inc.
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  • 500
  • 1 award
  • February 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Physical Therapy|Occupational Therapy|
  • Residence: |Permanent Legal U.S. Resident|
  • School (College): Attend |West Texas A&M University (TX)|Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX|Texas Tech University (TX)|University of TexasArlington (TX)|
  • competition 1.0
  • effort level 2.0
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  • 500
  • 1 award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Nursing|Medicine|Physical Therapy|Occupational Therapy|Mental Health/Therapy|Medical Technology|Physician|
  • competition 3.5
  • effort level 4.0
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  • n/a
  • 1 award
  • May-15-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Pediatrics|Respiratory Therapy|Pediatric Occupational Therapy|
  • School (College): |Graduate Students|Registered Nurse|
  • Citizenship: |U.S. Citizen|
  • competition 3.5
  • effort level 2.0
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  • n/a
  • 1 award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Massage Therapy|
  • School (College): Attend a |Vocational-technical / Career College|Trade|
  • Age / Grade Level: |High school senior|
  • competition 3.5
  • effort level 1.5
Daniel Altmiller and Elizabeth Altmiller Memorial Scholarship Heritage Fund - the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County
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  • n/a
  • 1 award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Education|Physical Therapy|Occupational Therapy|Special Education|Pediatric Occupational Therapy|Pediatric Physical Therapy|
  • School (K-12): |Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, Columbus, IN|
  • School (College): |Accredited College|Accredited University|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 1.0
Paulina L. Sorg Scholarship Hawaii Community Foundation
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  • n/a
  • 1 award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Physical Therapy|
  • Residence: Live in |United States|Hawaii|
  • School (College): |Four-year|Accredited Non-Profit Institutions|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 1.0
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  • 5,000
  • 1 award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Biochemistry|Nursing|Science|Allied Health|Health|Medicine|Physical Therapy|Pre-Nursing|Biology|Pharmacy|Public Health|Biological Science|Bioengineering|Biomedical Engineering|Pre-Dentistry|Pre-Medicine|Pre-Pharmacy|
  • School (College): |United Negro College Fund Affiliated|William Paterson University (NJ)|College of Saint Elizabeth (NJ)|New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)|Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)|The College of New Jersey (NJ)|Assumption College for Sisters, Mendham, New Jersey|Bloomfield College (NJ)|Caldwell University (NJ)|Camden County College (NJ)|Centenary College (NJ)|Chamberlain College of Nursing-North Brunswick (NJ)|Drew University (NJ)|Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ)|Felician College (NJ)|Georgian Court University (NJ)|Kean University (NJ)|Monmouth University (NJ)|Montclair State University (NJ)|New Jersey City University (NJ)|Princeton University (NJ)|Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)|Rider University (NJ)|Rowan University (NJ)|Rutgers University New Brunswick (NJ)|Saint Peter's University (NJ)|Seton Hall University (NJ)|
  • Age / Grade Level: |College|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 5.0
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  • n/a
  • 1 award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Engineering|Chemical Engineering|Business Administration|Industrial Engineering|Mechanical Engineering|Law|Architecture|Art|Nursing|Journalism|Physical Therapy|Accounting|Foreign Language|Finance|Computer Science|Dentistry|Communications|Chemistry|Physics|Human Services|Teaching|Visual Arts|Religious Studies|Graphic Arts|Emergency Services|Medical Practice|Multi-Housing Industry|Plastics|
  • Residence: Live in |South Carolina|
  • School (College): Attend a |Two-year|Accredited Four-Year|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 1.5
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  • n/a
  • 1 award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Engineering|Chemical Engineering|Business Administration|Industrial Engineering|Mechanical Engineering|Law|Architecture|Art|Nursing|Journalism|Physical Therapy|Accounting|Foreign Language|Finance|Computer Science|Dentistry|Communications|Chemistry|Physics|Human Services|Teaching|Visual Arts|Religious Studies|Graphic Arts|Emergency Services|Medical Practice|Multi-Housing Industry|Plastics|
  • School (K-12): |Providence High School, Charlotte, NC|
  • Residence: Live in |Mecklenburg, NC|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 1.5
Memorial Education Scholarship General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts (GFWC of MA)
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  • n/a
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Marketing|Physical Therapy|
  • School (College): Attend a college in |Massachusetts|
  • Age / Grade Level: |Graduate Student|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 4.5
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