Published articles

• Holistic review in Doctor of Physical Therapy admissions can lead to enhanced diversity in admitted students (2021)
  
  
• Admissions holistic review of socioeconomic factors fosters diversity in a Doctor of Physical Therapy program (2021)
  
  
• Defining underrepresented minorities (URM) and promoting holistic review admission strategies in physical therapist education (2017)

Other resources

• Holistic admissions resources from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
  
  
• Holistic review resources from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  
  
• Holistic admissions from Indiana University
  
  
• Holistic admissions master class from ETS

Through the former Educational Leadership Partnership (ELP), ACAPT, APTA and the APTA Academy of Education, created fact sheets for institutions to provide financial information on DPT and PTA programs in a consistent manner so that student and prospective students can more easily compare costs between schools. 

See the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program Financial Fact Sheet 2020-2021 here. We encourage all PT programs to post the completed fact sheets on their academic programs' websites.

In 2018, ACAPT members approved the Alternate Approval Pathway (AAP) developed by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) to help ease the administrative burden during the initial processes of students entering the PT community.

Under AAP:

• When an applicant who is a graduate of a CAPTE-accredited program registers for the National PT Exam (NPTE), FSBPT will make the candidate eligible to sit for the NPTE provided that the candidate meets all NPTE eligibility requirements.
• FSBPT also handles the review of all requests for testing accommodations in accordance with ADA.
• Learn more about the Alternate Approval Pathway on the FSBPT site.

Contact FSBPT if your jurisdiction is interested in opting into AAP.

• Early assurance model for physical therapy education: A descriptive study (2023)
• Compare PT program admission requirements on the PT-CAS website
• Chevan, J., Reinking, M., Iverson, M. (2017). The early assurance program model for physical therapy education.  Journal of Physical Therapy Education 31(3), 15-23.
• Jette, D. (2017).Commentary on the early assurance program model for physical therapy education. Journal of Physical Therapy Education 31(3), 24-25.
• Chevan, J., Reinking, M., Iversen, M. (2017). Commentary Response. Journal of Physical Therapy Education 31(3), p.26.

• ELP Pre-Admission Observation Hour Task Force Report - October 2021

• Pre-admission observation hours - NCCE final report, December 2020

Prerequisite courses - approved by ACAPT membership in 2012

ACAPT Institutional Profile Survey results including prerequisite courses

PTCAS comparison of course prerequisites by program

See PTCAS for deadlines by Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program name/date, reference requirements and GRE requirements/codes by program.