Doctor of Physical Therapy

Your interest in our professional Doctor of Physical Therapy degree program signifies your quest for quality and opportunity. You will find them at Walsh University. During your visit to our website, I encourage you to critically evaluate our program and compare us with other physical therapy programs.

We invite you to discover the excellence of our program in the areas of curriculum, facilities, clinical education sites, and professional physical therapy faculty.  You will find that the success of our recent graduating classes (Class of 2004 through 2006) confirms the quality of our program. Our outcomes boast more than 98% of students (average for past three years) finding a position in their field within six months of graduation. This doctoral degree also qualifies every graduate to apply for the licensure exam in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam. 100% of the class graduating in 2006 passed the licensure exam on their first attempt (we did not graduate a class in 2008 due to the transition to the Doctorate of Physical Therapy Degree.)

We, the physical therapy program’s faculty members, students, and staff, welcome the opportunity to inform you about the profession and our program.  For over 80 years, physical therapists have helped people with movement dysfunction regain their ability to move about in their environment.  The current practice of physical therapy has evolved from reconstruction aides, who early in this century used therapeutic exercise to assist wounded soldiers to regain their ability to walk, to current physical therapists who have the autonomy of judgment within our scope of practice to prevent, diagnosis, and manage physical impairments and functional limitations for optimal outcomes.

The primary challenge that faces physical therapists in this millennium lies in their ability to justify the treatment approaches they use in the care of their patients—what health care professions call evidenced-based practice.  Walsh University’s physical therapy program incorporates a variety of teaching formats into courses that uniquely prepare the student physical therapist to meet the challenge of evidence-based practice. The core of our values-based curriculum at Walsh University lies in a rigorous, highly structured, student-centered learning process. Through a strong curriculum, continuous assessment of students, and a caring faculty, we optimize the student’s ability to gain entry-level competence in a doctoring profession.

We believe that you need as much information as possible to make an educated decision to seek admission to our program. Our admissions counselors, office manager, and faculty are here to assist you in gaining information for your evaluation of our curriculum. We encourage you to learn about our mission and what we have to offer. We also encourage you to thoroughly compare our program to other DPT programs around the country. I am sure you will find that we live our mission, have a primary concern for student competence and professionalism, and demonstrate scholarship focused on making a difference in the practice of physical therapy.

We hope the information we provide on our web pages assists you in your decision-making process and we encourage you to visit all of the links we have prepared for your review.This web page undergoes frequent updates to bring you the latest and most important information regarding our program.  

We invite you to explore our physical therapy graduate program and wish you the best of luck in continuing your educational journey. Feel free to contact Pat Crum at (330) 490-7286 or Tara Dalton at (330) 490-7176 should you have any questions or need more information about the Walsh DPT program.