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Physical therapists left the field en masse during the covid-19 pandemic, even as demand from aging baby boomers skyrocketed. While universities try to boost their training programs to increase the number of graduates, patients seeking relief from often debilitating pain are left to wait.
At no point along his three-year path to earning a degree in physical therapy has Matthew Lee worried about getting a job. The jobs are there," said Lee, a student at California State University-Sacramento, who is on track to receive his degree in May. "But you may be starting out at $80,000 while carrying up to $200,000 in student debt. According to survey data collected by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the job vacancy rate for therapists in outpatient settings last year was 17%.
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