Physical Therapy
Transitional DPT
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Contact Information
School of Graduate and Extended StudiesUtica, NY 13502
Utica College
1600 Burrstone Road
(315) 792-3001
Entering the DPT Program
The doctorate of physical therapy is a graduate degree. Students may apply to the physical therapy DPT program at various points in their academic careers. The department will guarantee a place in the program to 36 students. These students take three or four years to finish the entry requirements and then spend three years in graduate study. They receive a B.S. at the end of their fourth year and the DPT at the end of their sixth year of study. If there is space in the program, transfers from within Utica College or from other institutions may apply for one of these guaranteed spots.
Students with a bachelor's degree can apply directly to the physical therapy department. Before entering the three-year DPT program, they must have successfully completed all entry requirements.
A Message From The Chair Of Physical Therapy
Dale Scalise-Smith, Ph.D.
Welcome. If you want an exciting, lucrative, and personally satisfying career that involves working with people of all ages to meet their health care needs and improve their quality of life, Physical Therapy may be the field for you.
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"I liked the amount of research involved in the problem-based learning approach. Problem-based learning really prepared me to look up what I needed to know once I was a professional physical therapist."
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Physical Therapist
Johns Hopkins Medical Center
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Eric Stewart
Physical Therapist
Johns Hopkins Medical Center
