Why UIW School of Rehabilitation Sciences?

The School of Rehabilitation Sciences combines the best possible scientific foundation with unmatched clinical experience — delivered across many types of primary and specialty care settings and serving diverse patient needs and populations.

Success Within Reach

San Antonio offers a great place to learn and practice physical therapy. Our region offers a large, fast-growing economy that includes a significant population of seniors and military (active duty and retired).

Our Graduates Succeed

98% overall NPTE pass rate
1:10 student-to-faculty ratio
40 faculty preceptors
5 major health system sites
36% expected job growth from 2014 to 2024 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

You’ll find UIW School of Physical Therapy graduates working across a range of settings and specialties, both regionally and nationally.

  • Hospitals and Medical Centers
  • Rehabilitation Services
  • Outpatient practices
  • Sports Therapy
  • Traveling Physical Therapy
  • Higher Education
  • Pediatrics
  • Senior Services

Problem-based learning treats you as a highly capable and self-aware adult.

  • You learn alongside a small group of (six to eight) peers guided by experienced faculty and confront and solve one-of-a-kind problems in the form of a clinical patient case.
  • You take active responsibility for learning and mastering content as applied in clinical settings.
  • You get comfortable with group work and gain mindfulness in how you interact with peers.

Human Dignity

As a faith-based school of physical therapy, we offer an approach to classroom and clinical training designed to transform you from a student to a fully reflective physical therapist. That’s why we:

  • operate an on-site clinic for underserved patients
  • keep sight of the mind-body-spirit connection, for patients as well as you, the emerging professional
  • hire more qualified faculty who love to teach and model what it means to honor the dignity of every person
  • foster professional identity formation
  • recruit one of the nation’s most diverse and mission-driven student bodies
  • awaken in you a sense of social accountability and cultural awareness

“I think service has a big impact on change … this is Mission in action.” – Founding Dean Dr. Caroline Goulet