Admission Requirements

• Each applicant must complete a bachelor’s degree in the United States from a regionally accredited college or university. International degrees that have been evaluated as United States equivalent will not fulfill this requirement. All prerequisites must be completed at a regionally accredited college or university.
• Minimum GPA of 3.2 for undergraduate work
• Official transcripts of all undergraduate and any graduate studies completed or taken
• Minimum combined verbal and quantitative score of 1000 (or 297 on the revised GRE taken after 7/31/11) on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) taken within the last five years. A minimum of 3.0 is required for the Analytical Writing Score.
• Completion of prerequisite courses
  • Minimum of six science courses selected from the following: biology, chemistry, human anatomy/physiology, exercise psychology, kinesiology, biomechanics, pathology and/or physics
  • Minimum of one psychology course (3-credit hour course or higher)
• Grades of ‘‘C’’ or better are required in each prerequisite course. However, a minimum overall science GPA of 3.0 is required. No prerequisite course may be taken on a “pass/ no pass” or “credit/no credit” basis; all must be transferable to Elon University.
• Three letters of recommendation:
  • One letter should be written by a practicing physical therapist
  • One letter should be from a professor/instructor who has taught you at the undergraduate or graduate level and can speak to your academic abilities
  • One other recommendation
• Personal statement
• Minimum of 100 hours volunteer or work experience in a general health care setting with at least 20 of these hours in a physical therapy acute inpatient care or hospital setting
• Must be able to meet the Essential Requirements of Physical Therapy Education at Elon University, which are detailed on our website, elon.edu/e-web/academics/dpt/essential.xhtml.
• The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required unless English is the student’s native language or the language of instruction. A minimum TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based) or 79 (Internet-based) is required. English translations of transcripts and explanations of grading systems are required.

Exceptions to the preceding requirements may be considered under special circumstances.