Across the state of Illinois, around the Midwest, and indeed across the United States, you’ll find our graduates working in a wide range of health care settings.

That’s because our innovative undergraduate health science major is great preparation for careers such as hospital or health care administration, public relations, advertising, patient management, medicine, health care advocacy, technical support, research, and more. It also offers the option of direct admission into our graduate program in physical therapy.

The graduate physical therapy program teaches biomechanics, neurosciences, musculoskeletal, physiology, motor learning, research, and administrative theory. With this foundation students learn examination, evaluation, diagnostic, and intervention skills, and they practice their skills in five clinical rotations.

Questions? Please contact us: at health science or at physical therapy.

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NEWS 

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- The DPT program has been ranked among the top 100 programs in the country by U.S. News and World Report!

- Congratulations to the first graduating class in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program!

- After 18 years of exceptional leadership, Dr. Mary Jo Mays is retiring as department chair.  The college and PT department wishes her the best of luck!

- Congratulations to Melissa Peterson, winner of the Center for Research and Service's 2008 Faculty Research Award!

- Doctor of Physical Therapy - the first of its kind in downstate Illinois