Physical Therapy School Requirements

Hunter College

Minimum GPA: 3.0
Admission Exam: GRE required

Applicants must have completed a bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from an accredited four-year institution by the end of the spring semester prior to entry. You are not required to be a graduate of Hunter College to apply to this program. If you have taken courses in a non-accredited institution and/or you have taken courses outside of the U.S., please read the statement at the end of this page!

The bachelor's degree requirement for entry is based upon the CAPTE criteria which mandates that physical therapy programs are “built on a balance of course work in social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences, which is appropriate in depth and breadth, to develop the ability in students to think independently, to weight values, to understand fundamental theory, and to develop skill for clinical practice, including critical thinking and communication.”

Website: https://hunter.cuny.edu/physical-therapy/admissions/prerequisites/

The School of Health Sciences of Touro College

Minimum GPA: 3.0
Admission Exam: GRE required

Website: https://shs.touro.edu/programs/doctor-of-physical-therapy/admissions/

Columbia University

Minimum GPA: 2.75
Admission Exam: GRE required

Website: https://www.vagelos.columbia.edu/education/academic-programs/programs-physical-therapy/doctor-physical-therapy/prospective-applicants/admissions/admissions-requirements

Long Island University

Minimum GPA: 3.0
Admission Exam: GRE required

Website: https://www.liu.edu/DPT

New York Institute of Technology

Minimum GPA: 3.0
Admission Exam: N/A

Website: https://www.nyit.edu/health_professions/physical_therapy_admissions

New York Medical College

Minimum GPA: 3.5
Admission Exam: N/A

Website: https://www.nymc.edu/school-of-health-sciences-and-practice-shsp/shsp-academics/degrees/doctor-of-physical-therapy-dpt/

New York University

Minimum GPA: 3.00
Admission Exam: GRE required

Website: https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/degree/doctor-physical-therapy/how-apply

Stony Brook

Minimum GPA: 3.0
Admission Exam: GRE required

Website: https://healthprofessions.stonybrookmedicine.edu/programs/pt/eldpt/prospective/requirements

The list of Hunter College Courses is meant as a catalogue of courses in selecting appropriate and corresponding courses to an allied health professions school's admissions requirements. This catalogue of courses is not meant to detail pre-requisites for admission to all health professions schools. Again, this catalogue of courses is listed to assist students in their course planning.

Course Pre-Requirements for each individual school are listed within the school's text box; students may refer to the individual school's requirements and compare to the corresponding Hunter College course.

disclaimer: This information is an overview and should in NO WAY substitute for personally reviewing requirements for each school.

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Corresponding Science Courses for the
Health Professions at Hunter College:

• BIOL 100 General Biology I (with Lab) (spring and summer)
• BIOL 102 General Biology II (with Lab) (fall)
• BIOL 120 Anatomy and Physiology I (fall)
• BIOL 122 Anatomy and Physiology II (with lab) (spring)
• BIOL 203 Genetics (spring)
• BIOL 230 Microbiology (spring)
• BIOL 270 Intro to Neuroscience (fall)
• BIOL 300 or CHEM 376 Biochemistry

• CHEM 102 General Chemistry I Lecture
• CHEM 104 General Chemistry II Lecture
• CHEM 106 General Chemistry Lab I and II
• CHEM 222 Organic Chemistry I Lecture
• CHEM 223 Organic Chemistry I Lab
• CHEM 224 Organic Chemistry II Lecture
• CHEM 225 Organic Chemistry II Lab

• PHYS 110 General Physics I (with Lab)
• PHYS 120 General Physics II (with Lab)

• MATH 150 Calculus I
• MATH 155 Calculus II
• STAT 213 Statistics

• ENGL 120 Expository Writing
• ENGL 220 Introduction to Writing about Literature (or any writing-intensive course)
• Medical Terminology—no corresponding course at Hunter. You must ePermit the course.

Social Science Courses

• ECO 100 Introduction to Economics
• SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
• PSYCH 100 Introduction to Psychology (or introduction to any of the behavioral sciences)
• PSYCH 150 Developmental: The Development of the Life Span (or introduction to any of the behavioral sciences)
• Public Speaking—any course where you are required to give classroom presentations