Phoenix - Physical Therapy Scholarships

Help our physical therapy students meet a need in the Southwest.

Physical therapy student demonstrates exercise by holding arm up in front of her body

It all starts with scholarships

When you support physical therapy scholarships in Phoenix, you help us form a new generation of students ready to serve a region direly in need of health care professionals.  

Creighton’s 183,000-square-foot, $100 million campus — opened in 2021 at Park Central in midtown Phoenix — serves as a four-year health sciences school for hundreds of students in multiple health care professions.  

As Creighton prepares students for a workforce that demands innovative care and service amid a rapidly changing world, scholarships are the key to everything.

Creighton Physical Therapy

Caring for the whole person, meeting an urgent need in the Southwest.

290

students

Nearly 300 physical therapy, occupational therapy and pharmacy students in Phoenix

#9

ranking

in U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of physical therapy programs

1st

DPT program

The nation’s first entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program

Meeting a need with the best in the nation

Creighton’s new campus can't come to Phoenix soon enough, with Arizona requiring more health care professionals to meet the state’s booming population and the growing needs of aging and diverse demographics. 

In Phoenix (and elsewhere), our PT students and alumni strive to live a life of service, compassion and justice, translating the values of a Jesuit education into everyday practice.  

Creighton PT graduates are a tremendous asset to their patients and communities. Through scholarships, we can form and send even more of them into the profession. 

Your support of scholarships will continue to bring the best and brightest students to Phoenix and infuse the area with some of the most practice-ready physical therapists in the nation. 

Phoenix landscape

Creighton is creating a health care hub in Phoenix

A transformation is taking place in Arizona’s health care landscape, along with a substantial boost to the local economy.

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The gift of scholarships

In the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, we have a profound sense of privilege to care for others. With that privilege comes the responsibility to offer a transformative education to all deserving students, regardless of their finances. 

Scholarship support weighs significantly in students' decision to come to Creighton. Tuition alone doesn’t fully cover what it costs to educate our students. In fact, it only covers about two-thirds of it.  

Most of our students receive financial aid or scholarships. Last year alone, Creighton awarded nearly 1,900 scholarships to students across all schools and colleges.  

When you make a gift to scholarships, you help our students manage costs and make ends meet. But more than that, you give them a transformative sense of belonging, purpose and personal growth. 

Make a difference today! 

Contact a Director of Development  

Cody FuchtmanCody Fuchtman 
Senior Director of Development, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions 
CodyFuchtman@creighton.edu 
402.280.2299 

Michael Zirulnik

Michael Zirulnik, PhD
Assistant Vice President for Phoenix Development
michaelzirulnik@creighton.edu 
602.812.3123  

 

Student Leandra Stuckey

Making an impact

“Through the many opportunities and experiences I’ve had at Creighton, I've seen the impact I can have on someone's life — how I can help them tap into their perseverance and strength of spirit. “I was able to come to Creighton because of scholarships supported by donors like you. Your generosity has afforded me these many opportunities and helped me become the best physical therapist I can be.”

— Leandra Stuckey, physical therapy

Creighton’s health sciences campus in Phoenix

The cutting-edge facility will enrich Creighton’s Jesuit education and transform health care in the Southwest.

Alex Sikora and Bri McMahon

Scholarship support for OT and PT students

Through critical partnerships, and by building a new campus in Phoenix, we are able to provide more opportunities for our students interested in studying and developing the latest breakthroughs in occupational therapy and physical therapy.

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