Duquesne University

Department of Physical Therapy

Graduate Admission

The curriculum is three years for students admitted as graduate students. At the end of your third year you will graduate with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT). The Rangos School of Health Sciences will review your application based on the following guidelines:

• Undergraduate degree from a four-year, degree-granting institution
• A GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale
• GRE score of 1100 or higher
• GPA of 2.75 or higher with no less than C grade in all prerequisite courses which includes:

  • Two courses with labs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics
  • Three credits in Intro to Biostatistics/Statistics
  • Three credits in Psychology
• Documentation of 100 hours of volunteer, paid or shadowing hours with a licensed PT

  • Volunteer/shadowing must be evenly divided between two different areas of physical therapy practice
• CPR certification (Adult, infant and child)
• Verification of all Pre-Clinical Health Requirements
• Physical Exam
• Verification of Health Insurance

Admission to the professional program as a graduate student is limited. Typically, we anticipate ten to fifteen seats will be available for this pathway to admission. Consequently, for you to compete well for one of these seats you should probably have higher than the minimum criteria mentioned above. In particular, students who are competitive for these seats will have:

Although space is limited for this admission pathway, we very much value our graduate students as an integral part of the class and strongly encourage qualified applicants to apply.

To see the curriculum associated with graduate admission, click here.

To submit an application, please follow the link to the physical therapy centralized application service (PTCAS).