Academics
The school offers a school-wide Health and Rehabilitation Sciences program as well programs in eight other specialized departments/programs within the school: Communication Science and Disorders, Emergency Medicine, Health Information Management, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Rehabilitation Science and Technology, and Sports Medicine and Nutrition. Degrees available in each program vary from certificate programs, to Bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, professional degrees (e.g. Doctor of Physical Therapy and Doctor of Audiology), and PhDs.
In 2010, the U.S. News & World Report listed the school as among the "top graduate programs to prepare...for a successful career" in the United States in the field of Physical Therapy, where it tied for 2nd place with the Washington University School of Medicine. The school also ranked tied for ninth in Occupational Therapy, 12th in Speech-Language Pathology, and 16th in Audiology by U.S. News in their most recent ranking of those graduate programs in 2008. The school's athletic training program was also ranked fifth in the nation according to a 2003 study of undergraduate athletic training education.
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