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Graduation begins today!
20 Years of Physical Therapy at ETSU!
The first ETSU physical therapy students arrived on the Veteran’s Administration Campus
in January 1996. Two years later they graduated with bachelor of science degrees in
physical therapy. Since Dr. Duane Williams, Founding Chair, and his faculty colleagues
launched the ETSU Department of Physical Therapy that year, the program has grown
in size and elevated the degrees that are offered in physical therapy. Twenty years
later, we now graduate students with the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree and
have almost 500 alumni!
The ETSU Department of Physical Therapy and the College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences invited alumni, clinical instructors and friends for an evening of celebration and learning about how we are moving toward the next 20 years! A very special dinner, awards, and speakers kicked-off our new PT Alumni Association.
Applying
The Department of Physical Therapy at ETSU is now participating in the Physical Therapist
Centralized Application Service, known as PTCAS. Applicants applying to the entry-level physical therapist education program will apply
online using the PTCAS application. To learn more about the PTCAS application process, visit www.ptcas.org. Students must also apply to the ETSU School of Graduate Studies at https://www.etsu.edu/gradstud/applynow.php.
Applications to both PTCAS and the ETSU School of Graduate Studies must be completed
by May 1. Any completed applications received by January 15 will be considered by early decision
process for admission to the Physical Therapy program before the standard interview
period that takes place in late summer. The final application deadline to be considered
for admission to the program is May 1. Once the PTCAS application is complete, the
only additional information required by the ETSU school of Graduate Studies is the
application form (with fee) and to release your GRE scores to ETSU. The school code
to release your scores to ETSU is 1198.
Important Public Notice: To see student outcomes concerned with graduation rates,
National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE) pass rates, and employment rates of our DPT
students, please click here.
Accreditation
East Tennessee State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
to award baccalaureate, master’s, education specialist, and doctoral degrees. Contact
the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, telephone
404-679-4500, or http://www.sacscoc.org, for questions about the accreditation of
East Tennessee State University.
The Doctorate in Physical Therapy Program at East Tennessee State University is accredited by the Commission On Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE),
1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone: 703-706-3245; email:
accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org .
The ETSU physical therapist education program was initially accredited by CAPTE in
1997, and has been continuously accredited since that time. The program was initially
accredited as a bachelors degree and is now accredited as a doctor of physical therapy
(DPT) degree program. In addition to the DPT degree, the Department of Physical Therapy
offers the Transitional (post-professional) DPT in an online format; CAPTE does not
accredit transitional DPT programs.
For any issues, concerns, or questions pertaining to the ETSU Physical Therapy site, please contact the webmaster, Melissa Cloyd. Thank you for visiting!
