Post-professional Graduate Education

Physical Therapists may choose a formal graduate education beyond their professional education. Those individuals who graduate with a degree other than a doctor of physical therapy (DPT), may choose to enroll in a course of study that will lead to a DPT degree. These programs are often called a tDPT or Transition DPT. Individuals who graduate from an entry level program as well as those completing a post professional transition clinical doctorates have attained the DPT degree.

For more information on transition DPT and other graduate education, the APTA website provides details on the current programs available. In Illinois, Rosalind Franklin University  and Governors State University offers a transition DPT.