Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)

The physical therapy profession comprises highly educated, skilled, and ethical individuals dedicated to helping people of all ages prevent the loss of or restore the ability to move and function throughout life. Treatment strategies include the use of exercise, patient education, and hands-on techniques to facilitate rehabilitation. Physical therapists are essential members of the inter-professional health care team working collaboratively in various settings: schools, homes, hospitals, and clinics.

The Allen College DPT program offers a unique blend of online and onsite learning, developing entry-level physical therapists. The three-year curriculum emphasizes application and clinical reasoning skills through a mixed delivery of virtual and hands-on learning, comprehensively preparing students to pass the National Physical Therapy Examination.

The combination of online learning with in-person immersion experiences and clinical internships creates an innovative blend for students to excel while remaining close to current communities. Students learn alongside classmates in a virtual classroom. With blended learning, students have continuous access to online learning resources and connections to experienced program faculty with virtual teaching and learning expertise.

The mission of the Allen College DPT Program is to prepare competent, compassionate, and caring physical therapists who, through a diverse learning community and an innovative, blended educational format led by accomplished and veteran faculty, practice with a commitment to lifelong learning, engagement in their community and leadership in the profession.

Allen College has a tradition of more than 90 years of excellence in healthcare education. Allen College is a private, co-educational regionally accredited post-secondary institution categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a “Special Focus” institution. Allen College is organized into two schools: Health Sciences and Nursing.

Allen College challenges students with dynamic learning opportunities. Its academic degree programs thrive in an environment that will facilitate student achievement of academic excellence and clinical competence, emphasizing the art of human caring.

The fundamental commitment of Allen College to professional excellence, personal growth, and awareness of the joy of caring remain steadfast. There is always a commitment to the student as an individual with a unique ability and potential and a continual commitment to caring and educational excellence.