Applicant Pool Survey

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Applicant Pool Survey

• Class entering Fall 2001
• American CAPTE
• PT and PTA Programs
• Prepared by Laurita M. Hack, PT, MBA, PhD, FAPTA

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Survey Methods

• Items based on BAR, 2000 survey, AASIG feedback
• Survey reviewed by two PT program directors
• E-mail request to all accredited programs
• To participate in a web-based survey (Survey
  Suite - UVA)

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Results

• PTA
• 252 institutions queried (7 failed e-mail
  addresses)
• 148 programs responded
• 59 response rate PT
• PT
• 187 institutions queried (16 failed e-mail
  addresses)
• 121 programs responded
• 65 response rate

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Physical Therapist Educational Programs
5
PT - Applicant pool changes
6
PT - Applicant Pool Changes
7
PT - Applicant Pools by Degree Granted Freshman
Admits
8
PT - Applicant Pools by Degree Granted Junior
Admits
9
PT - Applicant Pools by Degree Granted Post-Bacc
Admits
10
PT - Admissions Deadlines

• Admissions Cycle
• Open - 20
• Specific month - 101
• Did you extend this deadline for 2001 admissions?
• Yes - 60
• No - 53

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PT - Did you change any criteria for this
admissions cycle?

• Yes - 26
• Change pre-reqs - 10
• Reduce GPA - 6
• Changed entry tests - 5
• No - 90

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PT - Generally, how does the quality of these
applicants compare with the last two years?

• Similar - 71
• Better - 5
• Not as strong - 39

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PT - Has there been an impact on your program due
to decreased class size?

• Decrease in class size - 99
• Budget cuts - 30
• Reduced number of faculty - 10
• New program development - 24
• Increased number of credits - 0
• Other -
• Watching the trend - 11
• Faculty will decrease - 5
• Marketing changes - 6
• Other new Programs - 4

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Thanks

• Leslie Portney, PT, PhD
• CAPTE staff
• Department of Education, APTA
• Survey Suite, UVA
• All participants