Wesley Said:

Good Schools in New York Area that Provides the Physical Therapy Program.?

We Answered:

You can find a list of all the accredited PT programs at www.apta.org All programs culminate in either a masters or doctorate degree, but all give a good general education that will prepare students to enter the field. Some may have stronger emphases than others, but this is not too evident at the entry level education.

Marie Said:

Colleges in North Carolina and New York?

We Answered:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is of course the best. But, are you an NC resident or not? Because if you are not an NC resident you will not get into UNC with a 3.4. Anyways, look at these NC schools

UNC
Duke
NCSU
Wake Forest
Davidson

They're pretty much the best schools in North Carolina.

Walter Said:

Which College is Better for Physical Therapy in New york?

We Answered:

University of Buffalo is a great college to get a DPT at. Dr. Sue Bennett is a great researcher and clinician in the world of adult neuro especially MS. Dr. Dale Fish has done a ton of research in the area of musculoskeletal and electric stimulation. Dr. Patricia Ohtake is well known in the US and Canada in the area of cardiopulmonary. I have had heard all of them speak and are excellent lectures. Sue and Pat are big in the APTA world. Sue is a past presendent of the NY APTA (professional organization) and has been a delegate to many national meetings. Pat is the chair of the research committee for the NYPTA and I think she is also of the national APTA.


It is a very competitve program but they all are. I work with many UB grads and have had many PT students from UB.

Best wishes

Viola Said:

Colleges in New York State that offer both: dance and physical therapy?

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I've examined the entire listing of all dance programs in New York State as they appear in the "Dance Magazine College Guide" and it doesn't appear as though you can find both dance education and physical therapy in the same college. It's not clear whether you're asking for a GENERAL (as in classroom) K-12 teaching certificate (which, actually, I don't think exists, as you either get a certificate in elementary or secondary education) and THEN going on for your masters in dance, but I looked up anything that would give you "K-12 Teacher Certification in Dance." Here's what I found:

NYU School of Education offers a BS, MA, EdD and PhD in Dance Education for K-12 and Teaching/Administration of Dance in Higher Education.
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/page.php…

SUNY-Brockport offers a MA in K-12 Teacher Certification in Dance.
http://www.brockport.edu/

Teachers College-Columbia University offers an MA in Dance Education with K-12 Teacher Certification.
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/

After looking up all three universities on-line, I found that only NYU offers a graduate program in physical therapy, but of course, not through their School of Education. Personally, from what I know first-hand about teacher certification programs plus my daughter's college dance program, I don't think a double major in dance teacher certification plus physical therapy is logistically possible. HOWEVER, it would be possible to do a double major in (just) dance (without the certification part) and kinesiology. Such a degree would enable you to teach dance in any place outside of K-12 settings.

I need to add that none of ruth4526 suggestions are good, as none of them offer a degree or major in dance.

Justin Said:

Anyone graduate from New York institute of Technology specifically from physical therapy?

We Answered:

Employers only care that you are licensed. You can sit for the licensing exam if you graduate from an accredited college. Where I work, we have PT from 6 or 7 dif colleges. No one cares who went where. We are all good therapists with a variety of strengths.

Terrance Said:

Which New York (Manhattan or Brooklyn) schools offer Physical Therapy programs? I am starting from scratch.?

We Answered:

All PT programs in the US are graduate degree programs. What you should do first is look at a place where you might want to attend graduate school. The schools in New York are:

New York
Clarkson University (A2, A4, D6, F1, PR)
College of Staten Island/The Graduate Center (CUNY) (A4, D6, F1, PU)
Columbia University (A4, D6, F1, PR)
D'Youville College (A4, D6, F1, PR)
Daemen College (A2, D6, F1, PR)
Dominican College of Blauvelt (A1, D6, F3, PR)
Hunter College/The Graduate Center (CUNY) (A4, D6, F1, PU)
Ithaca College (A2, D6, F1, PR)
Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus (A4, D6, F1, PR)
Mercy College (D6, F3, PR)
Nazareth College of Rochester (A2, D6, F1, PR)
New York Institute of Technology (A2, A4, D6, F1, PR)
New York Medical College (A4, D6, F1, PR)
New York University (A4, D6, F1, PR)
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (D6, F1, F4, PU)
State University of New York Upstate Medical University (A4, D6, F1, PU)
Stony Brook University (A4, D6, F1, PU)
The Sage Colleges (A2, A4, D6, F1, PR)
Touro College (A2, D6, E1, E3, E5, F1, PR)
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (D6, F1, PU)
Utica College (A2, D6, F1, PR)


Go to that schools website and find out what prerequisite courses are required. Presumably, you will need to take a lot of the sciences that you probably did not get in your marketing degree. Since you already have a degree, you probably won't have to take four years completing the prerequisites, but plan to spend at least two years doing this if you haven't had much chemistry, biology or physics. You can take these courses at almost any university or community college if they offer them.

Once you've completed THOSE courses, taken the GRE and completed any required observation hours, THEN you can apply to one of the programs listed above.

You can get a full list of PT programs and links to their sites at: www.apta.org