General Program Description

Beginning in 2007, students are admitted to a 3 year DPT program beginning annually in May.

Clinical Experiences
Please contact the program for information regarding clinical experiences.

Faculty
There were ten full-time academic faculty members and four full-time and one part time clinical faculty. Of the full-time academic faculty70% hold post-professional doctoral degrees, 30% are certified as clinical specialists, and 40% are engaged in clinical practice. Last year the faculty authored or co-authored 40 publications peer-reviewed journals. The faculty to student ratio is 1:6.5.

Enrollment
More than 25,000 students are enrolled at the university. In the 2011-2012 admission process, 29students were admitted drawn from a pool of 161 applicants. The target enrollment for 2013 is 28 students.

Admission
Admissions are dependent on the quality of the applicant pool. A maximum of 28 students will be enrolled each year. Applicants are accepted from the University of Connecticut and elsewhere with a bachelors degree. To be competitive, applicants should have at least a 3.2 average in prerequisite courses and overall. Above average Graduate Record Examination scores are also desirable if an applicant hopes to be competitive.

Outcomes
Since inception of the DPT program 100% of our graduates pass the licensure examination on their first attempt.

Tuition, fees and financial aid
The cost to attend the University of Connecticut as an in-state student averages $17995 per year (cost includes tuition [Fall, Spring and Summer] and general university fees). Out-of-state students pay approximately $32047 per year (cost includes tuition [Fall Spring and Summer] and general university fees). Institutional, federal, and state funding is available on an awards basis. See link to University of Connecticut Bursar’s page: http://www.bursar.uconn.edu/

Student life
Limited on-campus housing is available for graduate students. The main campus occupies more than 3,004 rural acres. A formal active student organization, District 1 of the Student Federation of the American Physical Therapy Association, uniquely meets the social, professional, and personal needs of students and serves to introduce students to the APTA as a professional organization.