College of Health Sciences
WesternU’s department of Physical Therapy educates competent, caring, culturally sensitive, and reflective practitioners who are committed to lifelong learning, scientific inquiry, developing critical thinking skills, and employing evidence-based practice so that they may best address the health care needs of the community.
PT is a growing field with a selection from a range of work environments and flexible schedules.
Experienced faculty, many with 15 to 20+ years teaching experience and leadership positions at the local and state level
Rated by US News and World Report #10 in Best Healthcare Jobs and #15 in 100 Best Jobs
WesternU Class of DPT 2018 & DPT 2019 Student Outcomes
*within 6 months of passing licensure exam
October 01, 2020
Applications Open
January 31, 2021
Application Deadline
Early March 2021
Admission Offers Made
July 5, 2021
Program Begins
Western University of Health Sciences is an innovative, nonprofit graduate university for the health professions, dedicated to preparing tomorrow’s health practitioners to flourish as skilled, compassionate healers. The Pomona, California campus – established as the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 1977 – covers 25 acres and now consists of nine colleges under the WesternU banner. In 2011, a second campus was opened in Lebanon, Oregon.
As a thriving center for medical, health care, and veterinary education, as well as research and community outreach, WesternU is poised to move into the future in an unprecedented and visionary way, comprehensively and successfully meeting the diverse health-related needs of a growing population.
For additional information on the industry as a whole or a specific health care profession, please visit bls.gov/oco. The Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy program in the Department of Physical Therapy Education at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: capteonline.org.
If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call Dr. D. Schilling, PT, PhD, at 909-706-3526 or email dschilling@westernu.edu.