Welcome to the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Samuel Merritt College 

Our entry-level DPT program is designed so graduates excel in serving patients and clients as generalist physical therapists capable of autonomous practice in the health care system.

During the 34-month program students progressively build clinical reasoning skills with increasingly complex patient problems through a series of academic and clinical courses that are closely integrated...read more [1]

View details about our NEW Admissions Procedures &  [2]Admission Requirements [3]

Application Deadline: October 15, 2008


Why Choose the DPT program at Samuel Merritt College…read more [4]

• More clinical education experiences than the national average. Ten months of full-time clinical experiences totaling 1680 hours, compared to the national average of 1208 hours. Clinical experiences start in the second semester and are interwoven throughout the curriculum, culminating in the first six-month internship offered by any program in the United States.
• Graduates' success on the physical therapy licensure exam. Our first-time pass rate on the national physical therapy licensure examination ranged from 91%-100% in the last five years, compared to the national average of 78-92%, and was 100% in five of the nine graduating classes, including the first DPT class in 2005.
• Small class sizes with faculty support. We enroll approximately 32 students each fall and have 8 full-time faculty members. In clinical lab courses there is one faculty member for 10-12 students and in anatomy lab courses have one faculty member for 15-20 students. Case studies courses have one faculty member for 8 students.

Value and Cost of your DPT Education at Samuel Merritt College ...read more [5]

Most students will have a choice about what physical therapy program to attend for their doctoral degree. Many things should be considered when making that choice such as quality of instruction, philosophy of program [6], geographical location, licensure outcomes and certainly cost. We have provided some detailed information [7] about both value and cost of attendance at Samuel Merritt College. We would encourage each of you to ask these same questions at the other schools you are considering.


Contact Information
Please review this website for details regarding admission to the DPT program at Samuel Merritt College [8]. If you have specific questions, please contact us and we will be happy to help you. The Admission Counselor who works most closely with the DPT program is Janessa Reinblatt, Assistant Director of Admission.
Phone: 510-869-1571
Email: jreinblatt@samuelmerritt.edu [9]

Admissions Office [10]
Phone: 800-607-6377

Location
The DPT Program is housed on the Oakland campus, and all DPT classes and labs are held here. Our Department and Faculty offices are located on the 3rd floor of Peralta Pavilion on the Oakland campus [11].