College Confidential
» CC HOME » FORUM HOME

  College Confidential > Professional & Graduate School > Pre-Med & Medical School > Multiple Degree Programs
New User

Welcome to College Confidential!
The leading college-bound community on the web
Join for FREE now, and start talking with other members, weighing in on community polls, and more.

Also, by registering and logging in you'll see fewer ads and pesky welcome messages (like this one)!
Discussion Menu
»Discussion Home
»Help & Rules
»Latest Posts
»NEW! CampusVibe™
»Stats Profiles
Top Forums
»College Chances
»College Search
»College Admissions
»Financial Aid
»SAT/ACT
»Parents
»Colleges
»Ivy League
Main CC Site
»College Confidential
»College Search
»College Admissions
»Paying for College
Sponsors
SuperMatch - The Future of College Search!
CampusVibe - Almost As Good As A Campus Visit!
Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 10-31-2012, 02:02 AM   #1
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 48
Physical Therapy vs. Juris Doctorate

Hello,

Could you please compare for me a doctorate in physical therapy with a juris doctorate (law degree)? Please include difficulty, chances of getting a job after, pay, etc.

Thank you.
transfer84 is offline   Reply   
Old 10-31-2012, 12:43 PM   #2
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Brown University Music '14/PLME '18
Posts: 1,382
I would put this in a different forum - this forum is specifically for BS/MD programs, and a degree in physical therapy would not require an MD.
bruno14 is offline   Reply   
Old 11-09-2012, 01:12 PM   #3
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 168
My wife is a therapist and my brother is an attorney. I would say with all the science and anatomy courses the physical therapist is harder. They also seem to be more able to obtain jobs that pay commensurate with their years of education since so many law grads are underemployed even suing their law schools recently for understating the number of jobs in the market place. A lot of schools are limiting the number of master degree program spots inPT to keep demand up.
Raycmr is offline   Reply   
Old 11-12-2012, 01:21 PM   #4
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 7,276
IMO anything related to medicine have better job security than any other fields. I do not know about "hard" part. Medical school is extremely challenging. but PT does not require Med. School.
MiamiDAP is offline   Reply   
Old 11-13-2012, 02:58 PM   #5
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 168
My friend's son is going for his PHD in PT and they use their University 's medical school in NYC for their gross anatomy lab work. That's why I know their anatomy studies are so comprehensive. They learn all the attachment and insertion points for all muscle groups and the nerve tracks just like the medical students.
Raycmr is offline   Reply   
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:14 AM.




Copyright 2001-2011, Hobsons, Inc., All Rights Reserved