Data dashboards

ACAPT is excited to bring you the 2025 Institutional Profile Survey report with dynamic reporting, including filtering capabilities. These interactive dashboards provide valuable insights into academic physical therapy programs nationwide, helping you analyze trends, benchmark progress, and support data-informed decision-making. 

We have developed a quick tutorial on how to navigate through the dashboards.

Access the dashboard here.

Connect with fellow Physical Therapy leaders and join the Using Data To Propel Your Program Towards Excellence community to dive deep into data insights, share best practices, and explore real-world implementation strategies using IPS survey results. This is your space to engage in meaningful conversations, learn from peers, and elevate your program’s impact through data-driven excellence. 

We’re here to support you in using the IPS in ways that can meaningfully inform your decision-making. Whether you're new to the dashboard or looking to go deeper, ACAPT is committed to helping you leverage the IPS to its fullest potential. As part of this effort, we will be offering upcoming educational programming on how to effectively use the IPS data to enhance your program. 

As we continue to embrace a growth mindset, we recognize that tools like the IPS should evolve with the needs of our members. That’s why we will be organizing small focus groups in the coming months to better understand how you’re using the IPS, as well as how we can improve it to serve you more effectively. We welcome your candid insights and ideas.

Privacy standards

While privacy and other concerns currently prevent CAPTE from sharing Annual Accreditation Report (AAR) data, ACAPT is continuing to meet with CAPTE on a regular basis to discuss opportunities that lead us closer to our shared goal of excellence in academic physical therapy.  For the ACAPT survey, we avoided redundancy where possible, while collecting meaningful data related to excellence that goes beyond accreditation standards.

ACAPT is committed to data confidentiality & security.

Clinical education benefits

Many programs offer benefits for clinical partners, such as continuing education (75%) or library privileges (47%). See the member-approved ACAPT motion about non-monetary benefits for clinical education experiences.

How to use the survey data

Whether you work in a large or small institution or program, you can use the survey data to make decisions for your own DPT program.  

• Innovation: We recognize that each institution has a unique mission, structure and approach. You'll be able to use the survey aggregate data to learn about different DPT program approaches.
  You may find that certain data will help you make a business case to your administration about changes you’d like to make.   
• Inquiry:  As you complete the survey and review results, you may question certain assumptions, gain new insights and consider more effective ways to approach teaching or serving your community.  
• Collaboration:  We’re all in this together!  The survey process begins to collect data related to the challenges you and other ACAPT members face, allowing ACAPT and the PT education community to track and tackle solutions to critical issues.
• Confidentiality:  You’ll receive aggregate reporting and individual responses will be kept completely confidential and secure.  The Center is designed to inform and guide – not to compare and assess.  

Thank you for your commitment to excellence in
academic physical therapy!