Program Outcomes

Doctor of Physical Therapy

Below is a table showing program outcomes and admissions statistics over the last few years. Student outcomes are updated each December.

  2024

2025

Two-year average 2024-2025

Number of applicants

237

239

238

Number of new students entering

41

48

44.5

Number of graduated students

40

39

41.5

Graduation rate

95%

95.56%

95.125%

Graduates with jobs in physical therapy

100%

TBD*

100%* based on 2023/2024 information

First-time pass rate on licensing exam

97.5%

94.9%

96.2%

Overall pass rate on licensing exam

100%

97.4%

98.7%

Accreditation


The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Old Dominion University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085. Telephone: 703-706-3242 or 800-999-2782; Email: accreditation@apta.org.

The program status is full accreditation. See the proof of accreditation.

To contact the program directly, please call 757-683-4381 or email Beth Jamali at bjamali@odu.edu.