YSU PT students see 100 percent exam passage

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

All 23 students who received the doctor of physical therapy degree from Youngstown State University in May 2015 passed the National Physical Therapy Examination on their first try.

Nancy Landgraff, professor and chairwoman of physical therapy at YSU, said the national first-time pass rate for the board exams is less than 88 percent. This year’s 100-percent pass rate is the first for YSU.

“This has been a very hard-working, professionally involved group of students, committed to the profession,” she said. “They will represent YSU well as alumni in the medical profession.”

Physical therapists must pass the exam before practicing in the United States.