Advice about DPT program pass rates

[Long Time PT]

As you are deciding which programs to apply to and which one to attend if accepted, ask about the program's first time and ultimate pass rate on the NPTE. Better yet, go to the FSBPT website and get that information. Programs with less than a 100% first time pass rate will have graduates that aren't licensed for 6 months or more after graduation. Ask the program what those graduates do until they get licensed. Programs with less than a 100% ultimate rate will have graduates that aren't licensed for a long time after graduation, if ever. Ask the program what THOSE graduates do. New programs recently have had lower pass rates. Applicants are often so excited to get accepted that they don't ask about program outcomes like this.

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[ya1]

I would not be aiming for 100% since there are all kinds of circumstances which effect passing rate. I think 90-95% is fine. Also if I did not pass NPTE, I Swould have no desire to contact my school and inform them what I am doing now for 6 months. So I am not sure if schools are able to provide you with that answer. But if you graduate from an accredited program, you should be able to pass NPTE since you passed all your classes and NPTE is just another test (maybe the longest one).

 

[TTthePT]

This is good advice! Is there any sort of master list of program pass rates where you can compare schools to each other? Like on APTA or something? I haven't been able to find one but I think there must be one somewhere...

 

[wiseOldPT]

NPTE Pass Rates By Program | FSBPT

www.fsbpt.org

This is only ultimate pass rates. Individual schools should list more recent stats and first time pass rates as well. If they don't, I'd be cautious!

 

[dpt43]

I would not be aiming for 100% since there are all kinds of circumstances which effect passing rate. I think 90-95% is fine. Also if I did not pass NPTE, I Swould have no desire to contact my school and inform them what I am doing now for 6 months. So I am not sure if schools are able to provide you with that answer. But if you graduate from an accredited program, you should be able to pass NPTE since you passed all your classes and NPTE is just another test (maybe the longest one).

Have you taken the NPTE? That thing sure as hell isn’t “just another test”