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 DPT 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.

Application

Application must be made to both the Graduate College and the Department of Physical Therapy by the specified deadline. There is one application cycle each year.

DPT Admissions Profile (2008-2009)