How competitive is the DPT Program in Physical Therapy?
The DPT Program in Physical Therapy is an intense academic program and is very competitive. This highly competitive 110-credit program includes course work and clinical affiliations with all courses taught at UMDNJ in Newark. The DPT is a year round program with classes scheduled during the school year and in the summer. Class size is limited. Eighteen seats are reserved each year for Kean University students. Because of the nature of physical therapy, students must be able to perform tasks and movements that require strength and endurance. –3– Successful admission to the program is based on: A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 from all colleges attended A minimum GPA of 3.0 in prerequisite courses Graduate Record Examination scores. GRE general test which includes three sections, verbal, quantitative and analytical. Field Experience Applicants must demonstrate experience, as a volunteer or as a paid worker, in at least two different clinical setting prior to applying to th
