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Job Placement - PT Graduates

Alumni Facts & Figures

  • 100% of Husson University Physical Therapy alumni (2021-2022) have gained employment within six months of passing the licensing examination
  • 80% DPT graduation rate (2022 – 2023)
  • 91% first-time licensing examination pass rate for the DPT program (2022 – 2023)

    School

    Weighted

    Average Ultimate Pass Rate 2020-2021

    # Graduates

    who took the NPTE 2020-2021

    Weighted Average

    Ultimate Pass Rate 2021-2022

    # Graduates who took the NPTE 2021-2022

    Husson University (PT)

    100.00%

    73

    98.67%

    75


Sizzling Job Market

            Based on US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sept. 2023

  • Employment is expected to increase much faster than average
  • Annual median wage of $97,700
  • High-skill, hands-on, profession delivered locally and not replicable by automation
  • Physical therapists report high job satisfaction
  • Large variety of job settings through the U.S.


Projected Job Growth for Years to Come

  • Increase in numbers of individuals with disabilities
  • Growing elderly population
  • Baby-boom generation high-risk age group for heart attacks and strokes
  • Technological advances saving newborns with severe birth defects
  • Widespread interest in health promotion in the workplace