{"id":2303,"date":"2018-02-12T14:11:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/ahs\/physical\/?page_id=2303"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:52:22","slug":"student-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/programs\/doctor-of-physical-therapy-dpt\/student-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud of our high graduation rates, licensure exam pass rates, and employment rates. The first-time pass rate on the National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE), the ultimate pass rate on the NPTE, and employment rate for the last five graduating classes are presented below. Approximately 70 percent of our graduates stay and work in the state of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 25px;width: 99.9992%;border-collapse: collapse;border-color: #0353a3;border-style: none\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%;height: 25px;border-color: #505962;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: none\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.69984%;background-color: #7bafd4;vertical-align: middle;height: 25px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">2021<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.98731%;background-color: #7bafd4;vertical-align: middle;height: 25px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">2022<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.25661%;background-color: #7bafd4;vertical-align: middle;height: 25px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">2023<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.28414%;background-color: #7bafd4;vertical-align: middle;height: 25px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">2024<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.80801%;background-color: #7bafd4;vertical-align: middle;height: 25px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">2025<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"height: 114px;width: 99.8706%;border-collapse: collapse;border-color: #505962;border-style: none\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%;height: 24px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>GRADUATION RATE<br \/>\n<\/strong>(percent of students that start the program who ultimately graduate)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.60026%;height: 24px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.16759%;height: 24px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.17673%;height: 24px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">96.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.27426%;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;height: 24px;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.63887%;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;height: 24px;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 44px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%;height: 44px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>FIRST-TIME PASS RATE LICENSURE EXAM<br \/>\n<\/strong>(percent of graduates)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.60026%;height: 44px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.16759%;height: 44px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.17673%;height: 44px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">93.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.27426%;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;height: 44px;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">96.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.63887%;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;height: 44px;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">93.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%;height: 23px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>ULTIMATE PASS RATE LICENSURE EXAM<br \/>\n<\/strong>(percent of graduates who have passed the licensure exam on one or more attempts)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.60026%;height: 23px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.16759%;height: 23px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.17673%;height: 23px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.27426%;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;height: 23px;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.63887%;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;height: 23px;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">TBD<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%;height: 23px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>EMPLOYMENT RATE<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>(percent of graduates employed 12 months after passing licensure exam)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.60026%;height: 23px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.16759%;height: 23px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.17673%;height: 23px;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.27426%;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;height: 23px;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 8.63887%;background-color: #ffffff;border-style: inset;border-color: #505962;text-align: center;height: 23px;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">100%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud of our high graduation rates, licensure exam pass rates, and employment rates. The first-time pass rate on the National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE), the ultimate pass rate on the NPTE, and employment rate for the last five graduating classes are presented below. Approximately 70 percent of our graduates stay and work in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/programs\/doctor-of-physical-therapy-dpt\/student-outcomes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Student Outcomes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56087,"featured_media":0,"parent":2256,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56087"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8157,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303\/revisions\/8157"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}