Effective April 29, 2025 The University of Arizona Doctor of Physical Therapy Program has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (3030 Potomac Ave, Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; phone 703 706 3245; email: accreditation@apta.org). If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call 520 626 6947 or email uaptinfo@arizona.edu.
Candidate for Accreditation is an accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates the program may matriculate students in professional courses. Achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status does not assure that the program will be granted Initial Accreditation.
7.2 Definition of Candidate for Accreditation: Candidate for Accreditation is a pre-accreditation status, awarded prior to enrollment of students in the professional phase of the program, which indicates that the physical therapy education program is making satisfactory progress toward and likely to attain full accreditation. All credits and degrees earned and issued by a program holding candidacy are considered to be from an accredited program.
Anyone wishing to make a comment or complaint regarding the University of Arizona program should contact CAPTE here.
Complaints that fall outside of due process, for example complaints about the DPT program from prospective students, individuals associated with clinical education sites not directly related to a specific student incident, employees of graduates and the public should submit their complaint directly to the University of Arizona, or directly to the department at uaptinfo@arizona.edu.