DPT-Boston
Offered in Boston, MA, and the program starts in the summer.
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Tufts DPT graduates are market-ready physical therapists ready to serve society as human movement specialists. Tufts University offers our hybrid DPT programs in three locations, Boston, Phoenix, and Seattle.
The Tufts Difference
The Tufts DPT programs offer an accelerated, hybrid education model. Our programs train high-performing healthcare professionals to meet team-oriented healthcare demands in the 21st century and to serve the health and well-being of diverse populations. Tufts DPT programs are offered in three locations, Boston, Massachusetts, Phoenix, Arizona, and Seattle, Washington. Students who apply for and enroll in a specific DPT program, will be required to attend the clinical skills labs that take place in that program’s city.
DPT-Phoenix
Offered in Phoenix, AZ, and the program starts in the summer.
DPT-Seattle
Offered in Seattle, WA, and the program starts in the fall.
What attracted me to Tufts DPT is the accelerated model which is unique. We can get a head-start by finishing earlier than other programs.
Joanne Her, DPT22
Mission & Core Values
Our programs prepare future professional physical therapists to positively impact societal health and improve the human experience through our commitment to excellence, inclusion, discovery, and meaningful service. All our DPT programs value academic, personal, and moral growth within a safe, challenging, and responsive community. In alignment with the Tufts University School of Medicine, our core values guide the program's quality, student experience, and program mission. These values include a commitment to excellence, humanism, social responsibility, and professionalism.
Why Tufts DPT
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Tufts University is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is comprised of multiple colleges and schools, including the School of Medicine. Tufts is student-centered in its approach, dedicated to creating, applying, and sharing knowledge. It is a part of our mission and commitment to foster an inclusive and collaborative environment where students and faculty work closely together.
Tufts DPT faculty are excellent teachers, researchers, and advocates. Faculty have advanced training in the best practices for engaging online teaching and learning and are known for being approachable and knowledgeable. As researchers, Tufts DPT faculty have published hundreds of research articles and garnered millions of dollars of grants. They are also regarded as leaders through their strong contributions to the profession. Tufts DPT faculty are professionally active including service to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), and as journal reviewers and editorial board members. We encourage you to learn more about our teams.
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The Tufts DPT curriculum for each program follows an accelerated hybrid model that allows students to begin their professional practice sooner than other programs. Our evidence-based curricula give students from around the country access to an online virtual classroom.
All programs provide onsite clinical skills lab sessions. These are immersive learning sessions that reinforce decision-making, critical hands-on skills, and learning activities that physical therapists need to excel. Onsite learning spaces allow for interprofessional collaboration, simulation-enhanced education, and team-based activities to be integrated throughout the curricula.
The clinical education training consists of 31 weeks of full-time training in a variety of clinical settings nationwide. We have preferred clinical partners that uphold Tufts standards of quality and excellence throughout the clinical education training. The Tufts DPT clinical education curriculum offers integrated and full-time clinical experiences to maximize students' market readiness. The clinical education team aligns each program's curriculum with accreditation requirements while remaining student-centered and considering each student's professional goals and personal needs. We encourage you to review our clinical education plan.
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Tufts DPT is intentional about building a diverse community of learners and providing services to support our students. Support outside the classroom is an integral part of any educational process for student retention and success. Given the accelerated curriculum and distance learning, student professional growth and emotional support are vitally important. The confluence of the academic coaching or learning communities, the Office of Student Services, and Talk One2One counseling services help address each student's individual needs at the program, institution, and community level. These relationships and services demonstrate a commitment to addressing our students' diverse retention and remediation needs.
At Tufts, we value student-centered learning with a commitment to quality education. Tufts DPT faculty are readily accessible to meet with students to assist in course work and career planning. They are focused on student growth and serve as an added pillar of support, walking together with students along the journey of academic and professional growth.
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Conveniently, Tufts University offers three DPT programs located in Boston, Phoenix, and Seattle.
Our programs offer flexibility for students to live anywhere in the country so long as they can travel to their program’s location for intensive, hands-on clinical skills training experiences. Tufts DPT uses best practices for face-to-face live class sessions and engaging virtual learning strategies. The onsite clinical skill labs are engaging, dynamic, and energetic. Students enjoy larger group collaboration and intimate 10:1 student to faculty ratios to ensure they receive the feedback that is critical to hands-on learning. Tufts DPT curricula include a service-learning project and interprofessional educational activities with other Tufts School of Medicine programs.
Accreditation Status
DPT Program in Boston, MA
Tufts University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Boston, MA, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, VA, 22305-3085; phone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: www.capteonline.org. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call 617-636-4075 or email dpt.program@tufts.edu.
Any member of the Tufts University community has the right to raise concerns or make a complaint without fear of retaliation. Anonymous complaints may be made by reporting online at Anonymous Reporting.
DPT Program in Phoenix, AZ
View DPT-Phoenix's Accreditation Timeline
Effective May 10, 2022, Tufts University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Phoenix, AZ, has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; phone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call 617-636-3880 or email eric.hegedus@tufts.edu.
Candidate for Accreditation is an accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates the program may matriculate students in technical/professional courses. Achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status does not assure that the program will be granted Initial Accreditation.
All credits and degrees earned and issued by a program holding candidacy are considered to be from an accredited program.
Any member of the Tufts University community has the right to raise concerns or make a complaint without fear of retaliation. Anonymous complaints may be made by reporting online at Anonymous Reporting.
DPT Program in Seattle, WA
View DPT-Seattle's Accreditation Timeline
Tufts University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Seattle, WA, is seeking accreditation of a new physical therapist education program from CAPTE. The program is planning to submit an Application for Candidacy, which is the formal application required in the pre-accreditation stage, on December 1, 2023. Submission of this document does not assure that the program will be granted Candidate for Accreditation status. Achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status is required prior to implementation of the professional phase of the program; therefore, no students may be enrolled in professional courses until Candidate for Accreditation status has been achieved. Further, though achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status signifies satisfactory progress toward accreditation, it does not assure that the program will be granted accreditation.
Graduation from a physical therapist education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; phone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; is necessary for eligibility to sit for the licensure examination, which is required in all states.
Any member of the Tufts University community has the right to raise concerns or make a complaint without fear of retaliation. Anonymous complaints may be made by reporting online at Anonymous Reporting.
Preparation for Professional Licensure
All Tufts Doctor of Physical Therapy programs meet the educational requirements for professional licensure as a Physical Therapist in all 50 states.