Post-professional DPT

Our online post-professional Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) is a 30-credit-hour program is for licensed, practicing physical therapists who desire lifelong learning, engagement, and leadership in their field. Spalding’s School of Physical Therapy offers both the post-professional DPT as well as an entry-level DPT program. So, you’ll not only gain degree parity with physical therapists who graduate from entry-level DPT programs but you’ll also receive a current body of knowledge and skills that can be directly applied to in your career.

• You can start in any semester, and most classes can be taken in any order.
• Program length based on transfer credits (may be eligible to transfer up to 10 hrs).
• You’ll learn with and from physical therapy clinicians from around the country.
• You’ll work with a skilled and caring faculty who have online teaching experience.

• 100% online format
• 20 credit hours
  • Online classes and lectures (18 credit hours)
  • Capstone (2 credit hours)
• 10 students per cohort
• Rolling admissions

We will begin accepting applications in summer 2021. Tell us a little bit about yourself and we’ll let you know when our application opens.

Spalding’s post-professional DPT program provides a rich, diverse online learning community. You’ll work with and engage in shared learning with other physical therapists who practice in a variety of settings all over the country. Our faculty have decades of clinical practice and are certified in a variety of specialties, including pediatrics and geriatrics. They use innovative teaching and learning strategies to meet the diverse needs of students they teach.

Sign up to learn more about our program.

The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) does not apply to post-professional physical therapy programs.