Physical Therapy DPT On-Campus

Arcadia University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program provides students with the foundation they need to thrive in a growing and dynamic healthcare profession. Physical therapy continues to be an integral part of America’s evolving healthcare system, and practitioners can have a satisfying career helping people, from newborn to elderly, function at their optimum ability. Physical therapists work to prevent or overcome the effects of disease or injury for clients in a range of vibrant environments, including acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient centers, individual homes, skilled nursing facilities, public school systems, and private practice. Physical therapists also work as educators, researchers, and consultants.

Arcadia’s accelerated and highly-regarded program is offered in both traditional on-campus and hybrid pathways. In our innovative patient-centered curriculum, students learn to integrate clinical, behavioral, and basic science content in the context of patient care. Time spent in lectures and labs is structured to nurture students’ critical thinking skills and help them absorb the full depth of knowledge for evaluating, treating, and instructing clients.

Arcadia University believes that, to understand the world, students should experience the world and has become a recognized leader in global education, providing interested students with international opportunities to experience the world as medical professionals. Arcadia’s DPT students have options for clinical education across the United States, as well as the opportunity to participate in a Global Health Elective with long-standing partners located in Belize, Bolivia, Jamaica, or Guatemala.

Arcadia’s world-class faculty are recognized leaders in the profession, and have made major contributions through research, service, and leadership.  Students have the opportunity to develop their own leadership skills through participation in faculty-directed research, serving as class officers, contributing to community service events, and advancing the profession through advocacy.

With the combined classroom and experiential learning offered throughout the program, Arcadia is ranked 1st in the Philadelphia region, 2nd in the state, and in the top 15% of all PT programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Many graduates are offered their first professional physical therapy job from the connections they made during their clinical experiences. Arcadia’s DPT Program is recognized in all 50 states.

DPT has an impressive tradition of high placement and career outcomes for our graduates. Take a look at our DPT program outcomes:

The Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Arcadia University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call 215-572-2950 or email ptadmission@arcadia.edu.