Admission Requirements

Faculty and students work closely together in the PhD program; therefore, prior to submission of an on-line application, a prospective student must identify a faculty member whose expertise is in the applicant's area of interest, has authority to chair a PhD committee, and agrees to serve as the students advisor if admitted.  

• Contact the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences to determine compatibility of educational goals with the program” should be contact a person, or check the website to determine.
• Go here  for a list of faculty and their interests and research activities.
• To see if a potential advisor has the authority to chair a doctoral committee (level 4), click on their name here.
• Contact potential advisors.

To be considered for admission to the Ph.D. program after identifying a potential advisor, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

1. Have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA in graded graduate coursework. The College of Allied Health does not recognize academic forgiveness nor reprieve policies. All attempts of a course are included in the calculation of GPAs;
2. Have completed at least 34 credit hours of graduate coursework;
3. A master's degree is preferred. If the applicant has earned a master's degree, it need not be in Allied Health Sciences. Each student's Advisory Committee reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of any graduate work previously completed by a student and may limit transfer credit. A maximum of 30 hours of master's degree work may be applied to the 90 hours required for the Ph.D. degree;
4. Submit official transcripts from all colleges and/or universities attended and non-refundable application fees;
5. Take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) - the General Test includes a Writing Assessment. A combined verbal and quantitative score of 1000 or above (new scoring example 153 verbal + 144 quantitative = 287) and a minimum writing score of 4.0 are preferred.  The OUHSC institution code for the GRE is 6902;
6. Submit a career goal statement with the online application, which must include a description of how the applicant expects the program to assist in meeting professional goals. The admissions committee will consider the quality of the statement and the compatibility of the applicant's career goals with those of the program;
7. Provide contact information for three (3) individuals who will submit letters of recommendation on your behalf.  Instructions are provided in the online application;
8. If English is a second language, take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Minimum requirements are a score of 570 (paper-based) or 88 (internet-based) within two years prior to application. The OUHSC institution code for the TOEFL is 6902; 
9. All international/Non US Citizen applicants are required to have all transcripts/mark sheets from foreign institutions evaluated by World Education Services (WES) or Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE); and
10. Application Procedure
11. Submit a completed on-line application. Application deadlines are June 1 for fall, December 1 for spring, and May 1 for summer.

Prospective students are encouraged to visit the prospective student's page to utilize resources such as the transfer equivalency tables, admission statistics, job shadowing, gpa calculation, tuition cost, scholarships, student life, campus resources, etc.

Additional information regarding the PhD in Allied Health Sciences can be found in the current Student Handbook.