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The College of Health Sciences offers a three-year professional program that leads to a doctor of physical therapy degree. Both current Marquette undergraduate students and transfer students with undergraduate degrees from other institutions are encouraged to apply for 10 to 20 spaces in the program.

Current Marquette students should contact the Department of Physical Therapy and complete an application through the Registrar. Deadline is Feb. 1.

The Department of Physical Therapy will also admit a number of new-to-Marquette individuals to the fourth year (external transfers to the first professional year) of the program. The minimal requirements are as follows:

1. Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree.
2. Candidates must have completed the 22 credits of prerequisite course work. No applicant will be accepted with a GPA below 2.400 and depending on the applicant pool, a higher GPA may be required to successfully gain entry into the program. All prerequisite course work must have been taken at an accredited four-year institution.
3. Twelve credits of social sciences and/or humanities must have been completed as a liberal arts core.
4. Candidates must have completed a minimum of 80 hours of validated experience in a physical therapy clinic as a volunteer or as an employee under the supervision of a physical therapist.
5. Official transcripts.
6. Official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores.

An application may be obtained from the Department of Physical Therapy or the physical therapy program’s website at marquette.edu/chs/pt/apply.shtml. The deadline for submitting a complete application is Feb. 1. The best candidates will be selected from the pool of applicants.

For more information about the doctor of physical therapy, contact the Department of Physical Therapy by phone at (414) 288-7161 or by mail at Marquette University, Department of Physical Therapy, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881.