{"id":28013,"date":"2025-04-10T10:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=28013"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:05:00","slug":"marshalls-doctor-of-physical-therapy-ranking-reflects-programs-commitment-to-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/marshalls-doctor-of-physical-therapy-ranking-reflects-programs-commitment-to-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy ranking reflects program\u2019s commitment to excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>U.S. News &amp; World Report ranked Marshall University\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) No. 93 in the nation in its 2025 rankings, placing the program in the top 36% of all physical therapy programs in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>This ranking reflects the continued dedication and excellence of the program\u2019s faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ranking is an incredible milestone for our program, considering we began in 2012,\u201d said Dr. Scott Davis, the program&#8217;s director. \u201cWe are so proud to be leading the way in physical therapy in our region through high-quality education and hands-on clinical training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marshall\u2019s DPT program also ranks No. 24 nationally in first-time National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE) pass rates in 2023-2024, the highest in West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall\u2019s DPT program is part of the university\u2019s ongoing commitment to advancing health sciences and preparing graduates to make a difference in Appalachia and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Marshall University, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/physical-therapy\">www.marshall.edu\/physical-therapy\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report ranked Marshall University\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) No. 93 in the nation in its 2025 rankings, placing the program in the top 36% of all physical therapy programs in the United States. This ranking reflects the continued dedication and excellence of the program\u2019s faculty, staff and students. \u201cThis ranking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-cohp"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28015,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28013\/revisions\/28015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}