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Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service2016-2017 Applicant Data Report2016-2017 Admissions Cycle for the 2017 Entering ClassReport of the American Physical Therapy AssociationDecember 2017
PTCAS Applicant Data Report 2016-2017Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service2016-2017 PTCAS Applicant Data ReportThe 2016-2017 PTCAS Applicant Data Report reflects the 19,025 applicants with verified application status whoapplied via the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS) during the 2016-2017 (9th) admissionscycle. Applicants with verified status submitted a total of 118,620 applications to the 214 physical therapisteducation programs participating in PTCAS.The 2016-2017 PTCAS admissions cycle opened on June 28, 2016 and closed on May 15, 2017. Participatingprograms submitted admission decisions to PTCAS through September 2017. PTCAS applicants with the followingadmission decisions were categorized as “accepted” for the purposes of this report: offer made, offer accepted,withdrew after offer accepted, declined offer, deferred, and matriculated. Not all programs reported matriculateddata to PTCAS.The number of verified PTCAS applicants increased by 3% and the number of applications increased by 4% ascompared to the 2015-2016 admissions cycle. Applicants applied to an average of 6.2 programs in PTCAS, the sameas in the previous cycle.Thirteen new programs joined PTCAS in 2016-2017. Each new program in PTCAS resulted in an average of 42 newapplicants and 353 new applications with verified status.Application data for the programs that participated in PTCAS during the 2016-2017 and 2015-2016 cycles: 43% experienced an increase in applications.56% experienced a decrease in applications.1% experienced no change in applications.The mean percent change in the number of applications per program was 1.6%, the median was -1.6%, and therange was -41.8% to 286%. Programs in PTCAS during the 2016-2017 cycle may access program-specific reports viaWebAdMIT through at least June 2019.All uses of this data should reference the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the source of the data and acknowledgethat APTA bears no responsibility for interpretations presented or conclusions reached based on analysis of the data.2
PTCAS Applicant Data Report 2016-2017Table (i) PTCAS APPLICANT CAS Applicant StatusIn-progress applicants(applications not esubmitted)Applicants delivered toPTCAS, not verified (missingU.S. transcripts or fee)Applicants undelivered byPTCAS staffProcessed, not mailedapplicantsVERIFIED (previously“mailed”) applicantsTotal applicants in thesystemOn-hold applicants(problematic files)Table (ii) PTCAS PROGRAM, APPLICANT, AND APPLICATION TRENDSAdmissionsCycle# of Programsin PTCAS# of PTCASApplications%Change# of PTCASApplicants%ChangeApplications toApplicant 4.0Table (iii) PTCAS APPLICANTS PER PROGRAM 0910200809MEAN # of Applicants Per Program560576587580548438453389346MEDIAN # of Applicants Per Program486481508509489509416347330RANGE of Applicants Per Program113204488175489 to1757115to1693103to158072 to1218134to135972 to89244 to688All uses of this data should reference the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the source of the data and acknowledgethat APTA bears no responsibility for interpretations presented or conclusions reached based on analysis of the data.3
PTCAS Applicant Data Report 2016-2017Table (iv) SEATS AVAILABLE IN NEXT ENTERING CLASS FOR PROGRAMS IN PTCASAdmissions Cycle2016-2017Total # of Programs in PTCAS214Total # of PTCAS Applications118,620Total # of PTCAS Applicants19,025Mean # of PTCAS Applicants Per Program560Total # of Accepted Applicants in PTCAS9,707TOTAL # of Seats Available in Next Entering Class for Programs in PTCAS9,900MEAN # of Seats Available in Next Entering Class for Programs in PTCAS46MEDIAN # of Seats Available in Next Entering Class for Programs in PTCAS40MEAN # of PTCAS Applications Per Seat Available in Next Entering Class12.0*The mean number of applications per seat was calculated by dividing the total number of verified PTCASapplications by the total number of seats available in the next entering class for programs in PTCAS, as reported byprograms in the 2016-2017 PTCAS Directory. The anticipated number of seats available in the 2016-2017 PTCASDirectory may differ from the actual number of seats filled.All uses of this data should reference the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the source of the data and acknowledgethat APTA bears no responsibility for interpretations presented or conclusions reached based on analysis of the data.4
PTCAS Applicant Data Report 2016-2017TABLE OF CONTENTSPrograms Participating in PTCAS: 2016-2017 Admissions Cycle. 7Offers and Applications . 10Table 1: Number of PTCAS Applications versus Offers of Acceptance . 10Age and Sex . 12Table 2: PTCAS Applicants by Age and Sex . 12Table 3: Accepted PTCAS Applicants by Age and Sex . 12Figure 2: Percent of PTCAS Applicants by Sex and Acceptance Status . 13Trends: Sex .14Figure 4: Accepted PTCAS Applicants by Sex per Cycle . 14Race/Ethnicity . 15Table 4: PTCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Sex . 15Table 5: Accepted PTCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Sex . 16*Race/ethnicity categories in table are mutually exclusive. Each applicant is represented in only one racialand ethnic category above. Review table 6 for all racial and ethnic category designations submitted. . 16Figure 5: PTCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Acceptance Status . 16Figure 6: Percent of MALE PTCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Acceptance Status* . 17Figure 7: Percent of FEMALE PTCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Acceptance Status* . 17Table 6: PTCAS Applicants by All Race and Ethnicity Designations . 18Figure 8: Race/Ethnicity Designations for PTCAS Applicants* . 18Trends: Race/Ethnicity .19Figure 9: Percent of PTCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Cycle . 19Figure 9A: Percent of Accepted PTCAS Applicants by Race/Ethnicity and Cycle . 20Citizenship . 21Table 7: PTCAS Applicants by Citizenship Status . 21Figure 10: Percent of PTCAS Applicants by Citizenship Status . 21Figure 11: Percent of Accepted PTCAS Applicants by Citizenship Status. 21Permanent State of Residency . 22Table 8: PTCAS Applicants by Permanent State of Residency and Acceptance Status . 22Table 9: Permanent State of Residency of PTCAS Applicants Sorted by Volume . 24Figure 12: Map of PTCAS Applicants in the United States by State . 26Grade Point Averages (GPAs) . 27Table 10: PTCAS GPAs by Gender and Acceptance Status . 27Figure 13: Mean Undergraduate Cumulative GPA for PTCAS Applicants . 28Figure 14: Mean Combined Science and Math GPA for PTCAS Applicants . 28Trends: GPAs .29Figure 15: Mean GPAs for PTCAS Applicants by Cycle . 29Figure 16: Mean GPAs for Accepted PTCAS Applicants by Cycle . 29Highest Degree Earned . 30Table 11: Highest Degrees Earned by PTCAS Applicants . 30College Majors . 31Table 12: College Majors for PTCAS Applicants Sorted in Alphabetical Order . 31Figure 17: Top 15 Majors for Accepted PTCAS Applicants . 34Primary Institutions Attended . 35Table 13: Primary Institutions Attended by State . 35Figure 18: Top 25 Primary Institutions Attended by Accepted PTCAS Applicants . 71Letters of Reference . 72All uses of this data should reference the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the source of the data and acknowledgethat APTA bears no responsibility for interpretations presented or conclusions reached based on analysis of the data.5
PTCAS Applicant Data Report 2016-2017Table 14: Evaluator Responses on the PTCAS Letters of Reference Form . 72Table 15: Evaluator Responses on PTCAS Letters of Reference Rating Grid . 72PTCAS Fee Waivers . 73Figure 19: Fee Waiver Requests and Actions . 73Figure 20: Fee Waiver Decisions by Race and Ethnicity Designations . 74Figure 21: Fee Waiver Decisions by Sex . 74Unofficial GRE Scores. 75Table 16: Mean Unofficial GRE Percentile Scores for PTCAS Applicants . 75Table 17: Mean Unofficial GRE Percentile Scores for Accepted PTCAS Applicants. 75Figure 22: Mean Unofficial GRE Percentile Scores for Accepted PTCAS Applicants by Gender . 75Disadvantaged Status . 76Table 18: Environmental Disadvantaged Status for PTCAS Applicants . 76Table 19: Economic Disadvantaged Status for PTCAS Applicants . 77Figure 23: Economic Disadvantaged Status for PTCAS Applicants . 77All uses of this data should reference the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the source of the data and acknowledgethat APTA bears no responsibility for interpretations presented or conclusions reached based on analysis of the data.6
PTCAS Applicant Data Report 2016-2017Programs Participating in PTCAS: 2016-2017 Admissions CycleThe 2016-2017 PTCAS Applicant Data Report reflects data for the 214 programs that participated in PTCAS duringthe ninth admissions cycle. The additional programs that joined PTCAS for the 2017-2018 admissions cycle are notlisted below or included in this report. For a current list of participating programs, visit the PTCAS website athttp://www.ptcas.org/Directory/.* Indicates the 13 new programs that joined PTCAS during the 2016-2017 admissions cycle.Adventist U of Health SciencesAlabama State UAlvernia UAmerican International CollegeAndrews UAngelo State U*Arcadia UArkansas State UArmstrong Atlantic State UAT Still U of Health SciencesAugusta UAzusa Pacific UBellarmine UBelmont UBoston UBradley UBrenau UBriar Cliff UCalifornia State U, FresnoCalifornia State U, Long BeachCalifornia State U, NorthridgeCalifornia State U, SacramentoCarroll UCentral Michigan UChapman UChatham UClarke UClarkson UCleveland State UCollege of St ScholasticaColumbia UConcordia U of WisconsinCreighton UD’Youville College*Daemen CollegeDes Moines U - Osteopathic Medical CenterDominican College of BlauveltDrexel UDuke UDuquesne UEast Carolina UEast Tennessee State UEastern Washington UElon UEmory & Henry CollegeEmory UFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UFlorida Gulf Coast UFlorida International UFranklin Pierce UGeorge Washington UGeorgia State UGovernors State UGrand Valley State UHampton UHardin-Simmons UHarding UHigh Point U*Howard UHusson UIdaho State UIndiana UIndiana State UniversityKean U*Loma Linda ULong Island U - Brooklyn CampusLouisiana State U Health Sci Center in New OrleansLouisiana State U Health Sci Center in ShreveportLynchburg CollegeMarquette UMarshall UMary Baldwin CollegeMarymount UMaryville U. of Saint LouisMayo School of Health SciencesMCPHS UMecical U of South Carolina*Mercer UMercy CollegeMethodist UMGH Institute of Health ProfessionsMidwestern U - Downers GroveMidwestern U - GlendaleMisericordia UMissouri State UMount St Mary's UMount St. Joseph UNazareth College of RochesterAll uses of this data should reference the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the source of the data and acknowledgethat APTA bears no responsibility for interpretations presented or conclusions reached based on analysis of the data.7
PTCAS Applicant Data Report 2016-2017New York Institute of TechnologyNew York Medical CollegeNew York UNortheastern U*Northern Arizona UNorthwestern UNova Southeastern U - Fort LauderdaleNova Southeastern U - TampaOakland UOhio State UOhio UOld Dominion UPacific UPlymouth State U*Quinnipiac URadford URegis URockhurst URocky Mountain U of Health ProfessionsRosalind Franklin U of Medicine and ScienceRutgers, The State U of New Jersey (Blackwood)Rutgers, The State U of New Jersey (Newark)Sacred Heart USage Colleges, TheSaint Francis USaint Louis USamford USamuel Merritt USeton Hall UShenandoah USimmons CollegeSouth CollegeSouthwest Baptist USpringfield CollegeSt Ambrose USt. Catherine UState U of New York Upstate Medical UStockton UStony Brook UTemple UTennessee State UTexas State U*Texas Tech U Health Sciences Center*Texas Woman's UThomas Jefferson UTouro CollegeTouro U NevadaU of Alabama at BirminghamU of Arkansas for Medical SciencesU of California, San Francisco/San Francisco State UU of Central ArkansasU of Central FloridaU of CincinnatiU of ColoradoU of DaytonU of DelawareU of Evansville*U of FindlayU of FloridaU of Illinois at ChicagoU of IndianapolisU of IowaU of JamestownU of Kansas Medical CenterU of KentuckyU of MaryU of Maryland - BaltimoreU of Maryland - Eastern ShoreU of MiamiU of Michigan - FlintU of Montana – MissoulaU of Mount Union*U of Nebraska Medical CenterU of Nevada, Las VegasU of New EnglandU of New MexicoU of North Carolina at Chapel HillU of North DakotaU of North FloridaU of North GeorgiaU of North Texas Health Science CenterU of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center*U of PittsburghU of Puget SoundU of Rhode IslandU of Saint MaryU of ScrantonU of South AlabamaU of South CarolinaU of South DakotaU of South FloridaU of Southern CaliforniaU of Tennessee at ChattanoogaU of Tennessee Health Science CenterU of Texas at El PasoU of Texas Health Science Ctr at San Antonio, TheU of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TheU of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at DallasU of the Incarnate WordU of the PacificU of the Sciences in PhiladelphiaU of ToledoU of UtahU of VermontAll uses of this data should reference the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the source of the data and acknowledgethat APTA bears no responsibility for interpretations presented or conclusions reached based on analysis of the data.8
PTCAS Applicant Data Report 2016-2017U of WashingtonU of Wisconsin - LaCrosseU of Wisconsin - MadisonU of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeUS Army-Baylor UUtica CollegeVirginia Commonwealth UWalsh UWashington U of St LouisWayne State UWest Coast UWest Virginia UWestern Carolina UWestern Kentucky UWestern U of Health SciencesWheeling Jesuit UWichita State UWidener UWilliam Carey U*Wingate UWinston-Salem State UYoungstown State UAll uses of this data should reference the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as the source of the data and acknowledgethat APTA bears no responsibility for interpretations presented or conclusions reached based on analysis of the data.9
Offers and ApplicationsOf the individual applicants who applied via PTCAS with verified application status, 9,707 applicants received one ormore offers of acceptance from a participating program. PTCAS applicants may have also applied to and beenaccepted by programs outside of PTCAS or by programs in PTCAS that did not report decisions to PTCAS. Theacceptance data below only reflects offers made and reported by programs in PTCAS.Table 1: Number of PTCAS Applications versus Offers of Acce
Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service 2016-2017 Applicant Data Report 2016-2017 Admissions Cycle for the 2017 Entering
