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Financial Aid

Please visit Student Accounts website for an up-to-date listing of tuition, housing and board plans, as well as fees specific to Physical Therapy students. Please note that tuition is increased each year, and in the professional program the graduate component is more expensive than the undergraduate component. The planned Nazareth College tuition increase is approximately five percent per year with an increase in residence cost of four percent per year with lab fees also increasing four percent per year. Tuition for the professional portion of the program years 4-6 will be approximately $4000 more than preprofessional tuition.

Numerous Graduate Assistantships are available to students in the graduate component of the Physical Therapy program. Maximum remuneration for an assistantship is a three-credit waiver to be applied to a graduate course during the term in which the work of the assistantship is being done. Only one assistantship (three-credit) per graduate student is allowed each semester.

Financial Aid for Physical Therapy

It is important for students to keep informed about deadlines for completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and be aware of the many aid sources that exist. This wide range of sources includes Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Work Study, the New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) and Nazareth College grants and scholarships.

Physical Therapy students may also be eligible for the following assistance:

  • The New York State Education Department offers the Regents Professional Opportunity Scholarship Program to students who are members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the licensed profession.
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers the Indian Health Scholarship program, the purpose of which is "…to obtain health professionals to meet the staffing need of the Indian Health Service in health manpower shortage areas." This program provides financial assistance for Native Americans in selected health care professions. Physical therapy is one of the "Priority Careers" supported by this program. A service obligation is required.
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers Health Professional Scholarships in selected health care areas, including physical therapy. The purpose of this program is to assist in providing an adequate supply of health care professionals for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the nation. A two-year service obligation in a VA medical center is required.
  • AMBUCS "Scholarships for Therapists" program, for which physical therapy undergraduate and graduate students are eligible, is to enhance direct therapy services to citizens who are disabled and functionally handicapped by providing financial assistance for professional training. Physical therapy is one of six professional training areas for which these scholarships are available.