To be considered for admission, applicants must:

• Complete an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution prior to enrollment.
• Meet the requirements for Graduate College admission.
• Have a minimum of 3.00 GPA (last 60 hours toward degree).
• Have a preferred combined verbal/quantitative score of 1000 or higher on the Graduate Record Examination.
• Have completed volunteer, observation or employment hours in a variety of physical therapy settings.
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.00 on all science courses (biology, chemistry, and physics).
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.00 on all prerequisite course requirements.

Prerequisite Course Requirements:

Prior to enrollment in the MSPT Program, the following courses (or the equivalent) must be completed at Texas State or another accredited institution:

* 2 semesters/8 hours at many institutions

If Chemistry is taught with 3 hour lectures and 2 hour labs, only one lab is required for a total of 8 hours of Chemistry.

Notes:

• All science courses must be taken with lab sections.
• The level of chemistry and physics courses should correspond to coursework needed for medical and dental schools prerequisites.
• Statistics coursework should include the study of ANOVA and can be a basic statistics course from any department.
• A student may apply to the PT Department before completion of these courses; however, all prerequisites must be completed before unconditional acceptance into the PT program will be granted.