School of Health Professions

Expert Training for Caring Professionals

As demand for skilled nursing and health professionals grows, train to improve patient care delivery in an immersive environment emphasizing research and innovation.

Learn to care for the whole patient and serve diverse global populations in cutting-edge healthcare simulation facilities located on our Long Island campus and through collaborative opportunities with the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Our hands-on, cross-disciplinary approach results in consistently above-average pass rates on licensure exams and a worldwide network of alumni empowering patients and driving discoveries.

Rankings & Stats

Best

value among colleges for healthcare careers.

Payscale.com

100%

pass rate for physician assistant and physical therapy licensing exams for the past three years.

Most

noteworthy health professions schools in the U.S.

College Factual

Degrees and Programs

We support our programs with rich clinical experiences at leading healthcare facilities, personalized mentorship from expert faculty, and opportunities for research and independent exploration.

Undergraduate Majors & Minors

Starting with a strong foundation in science and health, you’ll prepare to enter fields like exercise science and nursing or continue your studies for advanced healthcare roles.

Graduate Programs

Gain specialized knowledge and clinical experiences to qualify for licensure as a physical therapist, occupational therapist, or physician assistant. Or, learn to address public health outcomes through clinical nutrition.

Dual Degree Programs

Save time with combined programs pairing high-quality undergraduate training in the life sciences with professional graduate studies in occupational therapy, physical therapy, or physician assistant studies. Or start your

Departments

Dedicate yourself to providing evidence-based physical care influenced by technology. Our departments reflect the healthcare field’s varied roles—from disease prevention and monitoring symptoms to rehabilitation.

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Lay a foundation for advanced studies in numerous health professions, or specialize in nutrition, exercise science, health services administration, bioinformatics, or public health.

Nursing

Learn to provide holistic care sensitive to patients’ needs and the dynamics of multicultural environments. 

Occupational Therapy

Prepare to guide patient rehabilitation and adaptation in a diverse and complex society through multidisciplinary simulated, clinical, and research experiences.

Physical Therapy

Develop an innovative mindset as you train to provide state-of-the-art rehabilitative care with faculty who are both experienced clinicians and active researchers.

Physician Assistant Studies

Get equipped to support patients through expert, sensitive, and holistic care in several settings and specialties.

Student Voices

[The OT professors] show, using real-life examples, how they have incorporated their knowledge into their own practice, which has been very motivating.

Alicia Terry Jones
OTD ’25

Experiential Learning

There’s only one way to become a skilled healthcare provider: practice. Our programs emphasize formative experiences that let you apply what you’re learning in real-world settings, from high-fidelity simulation labs to intensive clinical rotations in New York City.

Nursing Simulation Lab

The high-fidelity Nursing Simulation Lab lets nursing students hone their diagnostic skills and learn to administer patient care using real-world instruments and technologies.

Standardized Patient Labs

Trained actors test the diagnostic skills of students in our Standardized Patient Labs.

Activities of Daily Living Lab

Occupational therapy students gain hands-on experience in the Activities of Daily Living lab, which includes a simulated kitchen and bathroom along with a driving simulator.

Anatomage Dissection Table

Students virtually explore human anatomy using the state-of-the-art Anatomage interactive dissection table.

Center for Global Health

Students acquire a global perspective on health through focused training, research, and hands-on service learning at international healthcare locations.

About Us

Learn about the priorities that guide us and how our research contributes to advancements in the healthcare field.

Mission and Vision

We graduate skilled, culturally sensitive professionals ready to pursue in-demand healthcare careers or professional studies. Through discoveries and outreach, we aim for impact, improving well-being in our community and beyond.

Research

Our faculty continuously uncover new knowledge that shapes patient care delivery. Students join them in research projects, pursue their own areas of inquiry, and share their findings at conferences and in professional journals.

School News

Portrait of Amerigo Rossi

Get to Know the New Exercise and Sport Science Graduate Program

Building on the success of the undergraduate exercise and sport science program, New York Tech has established a master’s degree. Amerigo Rossi, Ed.D., director of the new degree program, talks about who the ideal student is and how exercise science connects with architecture and business.

Portrait of Nicole Maniscalco

Helping Others Live Their Best Life

As a senior physical therapist and coordinator for program development at Northwell Health Rehab At Home, Nicole Maniscalco (B.S. ’14, D.P.T. ’17) is helping patients heal in the comfort of their homes.

Group of New York Tech faculty

New Academic Year Brings New Faculty

New York Tech welcomes new and recently hired faculty to the university for the new academic year.

Group of New York Tech students and faculty

Care in Costa Rica

This summer, a group of students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and School of Health Professions traveled to Costa Rica to learn about healthcare systems and provide meaningful and sustainable change to various Costa Rican communities.

Rob Brown Jr. (B.S. ’02)

You Gotta Have Heart

After seeing the massive loss of life on 9/11, Rob Brown Jr. (B.S. ’02), who retired as a lieutenant with the New York City Fire Department in 2021, wanted to focus on the health of first responders.

New York Tech Hosts Health Equity Conference

New York Tech’s Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging and the Nassau County Department of Health co-hosted a conference focused on health equity.

Accreditation

New York Institute of Technology has earned accreditation for its Occupational Therapy M.S. and OTD by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).


Graduates of the occupational therapy master’s program will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination administered by the National Board of Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). Successful completion of the exam will result in certification as an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR).

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the New York Institute of Technology Physician Assistant Program. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with ARC-PA Standards.

Graduates of the Physician Assistant Studies program are eligible to take the Physician Assistant National Certification Examination (PANCE), administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

New York Tech’s nursing program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Upon graduation, students earning a B.S. in Nursing will be qualified to take the National Council of State Boards of Nursing NCLEX-RN licensing exam.

The Department of Physical Therapy and the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at New York Tech are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)

All graduates from the program are eligible to take the National Physical Therapy Examination as a step toward licensure.

A person working in a lab on a health-related experiment.

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