Applying to a Program

If you have any questions regarding your eligibility for admission, or completing your application materials, please contact us. The telephone number for the College of Allied Health Office of Academic and Student Services is (405) 271-6588 in Oklahoma City and (918) 660-3255 in Tulsa. You may also email us at alliedhealth-info@ouhsc.edu.

Please note:  If you are denied admission to the program, you may call us at (405) 271-6588 and speak with an advisor about how to strengthen your application.

Please address the following when creating your career goal statement/personal statement:

• What attracted you to this field of study, and what have you done to learn more about it?

• How do you plan to use your education and training?

• What do you perceive as the needs and/or challenges in this field of study?

• Does your academic record reflect your ability in the field you desire? If not, please explain.

• What particular strengths do you possess that qualify you for the program?

Download Instructions:
1. Create your career goal statement(s)/personal statement in .doc, .wpd, .rtf, .xls, .pdf, or .txt format and limit your statement to one page.

2. You must create a career goal statement/personal statement for each program that you are applying to; for example, if applying to Sonography and Radiography, you need to submit two career goal statements. The first sentence of your statement needs to address which program you are applying to; for example, “I am applying to the Sonography Bachelor of Science program.” 

3. Upload your career goal statement(s)/personal statement to the ‘Career Goal Statement’ section of the online application and/or the CAS application.

Exception:  The PTCAS for Physical Therapy does not ask for a “Career Goal Statement” specifically. Please refer to the CAS or the admission requirements on our website for clarification on what is required for application.

Note: This document cannot be password protected or contain macros as it will cause the upload process to fail.

Each program has a specific deadline.  Please refer to the academic program page for application deadlines.

Most College of Allied Health programs require that applicants enter contact information for three references in their OUHSC supplemental application.  If the program you are applying to is listed below, you do not submit contact information for three references to the OUHSC supplemental because they will be required in the centralized application.   

• Doctor of Physical Therapy
• Master of Occupational Therapy

If the program you are applying to requires letters of recommendation, please enter contact information for the 3 people that are writing letters of recommendation for your three references.

This worksheet is available to help you keep track of your reference contact information.

If the program you wish to apply to is not listed below, letters of recommendation are neither required nor accepted.  If you are applying to one of the following programs, once you enter your recommenders email address on your online application and submit your application, each recommender will receive an email with instructions on how to electronically upload their letter of recommendation to our application system:

• Speech-Language Pathology (M.A. and M.S.) applicants 
• Speech-Language Pathology (Ph.D.) and Doctor of Audiology (Ph.D. and Au.D.) applicants
• Doctor of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences (D.Sc.) applicants:
  • Allied Health Sciences – PhD Nutritional Sciences Emphasis

The GRE is required by the following programs, and scores must be received by the application deadline:

Allied Health Sciences – Ph.D.
Doctor of Audiology
Doctor of Philosophy in Audiology
Doctor of Philosophy in Speech-Language Pathology
Doctor of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences
Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology
Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology

Doctor of Physical Therapy (GRE specific code for PTCAS 7426)
Master of Occupational Therapy (GRE specific code for OTCAS 7448)

* Do NOT use the common GRE code for the OUHSC Institution for the DPT or MOT programs, scores will NOT be forwarded to PTCAS or the OTCAS. Again, the codes for the DPT (7426) and MOT (7448) programs are specific for their respective Centralized Admission Services.

You must register for the GRE at www.ets.org/gre.  The OUHSC institution code for the GRE is 6902 (PTCAS & OTCAS use your specific codes).  Please request an official GRE score from www.ets.org/gre and have it sent to us electronically.  If you need to mail your scores to us, please mail them to the following address:

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Office of Admissions and Records
Basic Sciences Education Building, Room 200
Post Office Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73126

Please note that if you have taken the old test and would like to know what your scores translate to on the new score scale, click on Score Conversion Tables.

Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy applicants must complete 40 clock hours of observation. Utilize this worksheet to keep track of observation hours.

All applicants from countries where English is the second language must take the TOEFL examination. This requirement includes all persons of international status, Permanent Residents of the U.S. (green card holders), and U.S. Naturalized citizens. If you have any questions as to if the test is required for you, please contact Anita Bennett in the Office of Admissions and Records at (405) 271-2347 ext-48912.  This test must be taken within two years of the date of application. 

Applicants must make a score of 600 (paper) / 100 (internet-based) or above if English is the second language in order to be considered for admission.  TOEFL scores that are older than two years cannot be verified and are not acceptable.  Please go to the TOEFL website to obtain information and register for the exam.

All international or non-United States Citizen applicants are required to have all transcripts/mark sheets processed through World Education Services (WES) or Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE). 

Exception: Doctor of Physical Therapy and Master of Occupational Therapy, please use your respective Centralized Admission Services. Please note that the centralized application services (PTCAS and OTCAS) only allow WES to be utilized for international transcripts/mark sheets.

Please click here for additional pertinent information.

Allied Health Sciences Programs

• Doctor of Philosophy in Allied Health Sciences with Specialization in Nutritional Sciences = on-site or telephone interview
• Doctor of Philosophy in Allied Health Sciences with Specialization in Rehabilitation Sciences = on-site, telephone, or webcam interview
• Master of Science in Allied Health Sciences – Dosimetry = no interview

Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs

• Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders = no interview
• Doctor of Audiology = on-site, telephone, or webcam interview at the program’s discretion
• Doctor of Philosophy in Audiology = on-site, telephone, or webcam interview
• Doctor of Philosophy in Speech-Language Pathology = on-site, telephone, or webcam interview
• Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology = no interview
• Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology = on-site, telephone, or webcam interview

Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Programs
The mandatory Written Interview for Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy, Radiography, and Sonography applicants is scheduled for March 5, 2020 at 5:30 pm. 

Applicants that live out of state will be given the written interview by email/web if it is noted below that there is a “written interview”.  Please contact Ms. Leslee Smith at (405) 271-6477 for further details.

• Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine = written interview
• Bachelor of Science in Radiation Therapy = written interview
• Bachelor of Science in Radiography = written interview
• Bachelor of Science in Sonography = written interview
• Bachelor of Science in Radiation Sciences = no interview

Nutritional Sciences Programs

• Certificate in Dietetic Internship = no interview
• Doctor of Philosophy in Allied Health Sciences with Specialization in Nutritional Sciences = on-site or telephone interview
• Master of Arts in Dietetics = on-site or telephone interview
• Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences = on-site or telephone interview

Rehabilitation Sciences Programs

• Doctor of Philosophy in Allied Health Sciences with Specialization in Rehabilitation Sciences = on-site, telephone, or webcam interview
• Doctor of Physical Therapy = no interview
• Doctor of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences = no interview
• Master of Occupational Therapy = no interview

Applicants must pay a $50 application fee as well as a $50 college processing fee for each program applied to.  Application fees must be paid on the online application. If you are applying to an M.S. or Ph.D. program, you will be charged an additional $25 graduate college processing fee.

If you have applied to a program(s) in the College of Allied Health previously, you will need to enter the site using the same login credentials as before.  It is not necessary to create a new account.  A second application cannot be started until after the first application is submitted.

On-Line Application

Application Status

Check this web site often during the application and selection process. It will provide you up-to-date information regarding the receipt and completion status of all application materials. Additional information provided to all applicants includes: current listing of applications on file, current residency status, external coursework received and processed, GPA calculations of all external coursework received and processed, as well as all test scores received and processed.

NOTE: Students admitted to the College of Allied Health will be required to obtain a Criminal History Background Check and a Drug Test. 

If you are interested in student housing on the Oklahoma City campus, you may want to apply for student housing after you submit your application as there are limited spaces available.  Click here to apply.  

A $40.00* non-refundable application fee is required at the time of application for student housing/apartments.

If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Academic and Student Services at (405) 271-6588 or Email.