The University of St Augustine for Health Sciences

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Physical Therapy/Exercise Science (This Major's Salary over time)
This school is tough. Hands down. It is intense and it will make you work hard and make you feel like you are truly deserve your DPT. You will be frustrated for about 2 1/2 yrs. But in the end, it is all worth it! You WILL come out of this University with a GREAT education and as a very good therapist. As a New Grad, I see now how the intense curriculum worked in my benefit. I hated going through this program. ABSOLUTELY hated it. It sucked. It was hard. It was a lot of late nights, a lot of hating on the professors, and hating of the classes- a lot due to pure frustration and because there are a lot of BS classes with BS assignments that will annoy that crap out of you. But now that it's all done and over with, I know that the tough classes and overload in school work is what brings the USA students out on top when compared to other PT New Grads.

MANUAL THERAPY is this University's strong point. I don't know how many times I've heard from classmates (and even first hand experience) that we are interviewed and hired merely for the sake that USA has a great reputation in manual therapy and the students come out as good therapists. When you are done, you will have no problems with the hands-on approach to treating patients. The University of St Augustine will set you up to be a great manual therapist. You WILL know your anatomy like the back of your hand, as well as understand mobilizations. You'll want to be progressive in our profession, promote EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE, know how to work hard and especially, YOU WILL know how to work well under heavy stress.

The program is getting better. Don't pay attention to any of the reviews older than 2012. The new program director (Dr Rot) is great. He's working hard to make the school more student-focused than it has been in the past. His door is always open to talk to students about their experiences, problems, and issues with whatever it may be- academically and personally. Beware, that not all professors have an equal student-first approach. Some have been there for too long and just teach out of memorization. But some are truly amazing professors that you'll fall in love with.

Another important tid-bit is to know that though this program is super tough, you are not alone. You don't have to be smart to get through the program, just dedicated. In each class, the students become very close. Everyone becomes family and you will learn to lean on classmates like never before. Everyone studies together and helps each other through the tough exams and practicals. The end result is totally worth it. I highly recommend this school on the fact that when you get out, you'll have NO PROBLEM finding a job, based on the reputation of this school alone.

GOOD LUCK!- You'll need it!