For DPT Students, Recent Graduates, and Practicing Physical Therapists
Build Your PT Career—and Receive up to $50,000¹ in Student Loan Repayment Support
Eligible full-time physical therapists selected for Professional Physical Therapy's Repayment Incentive Supporting Employees (RISE) Program may receive annual payments toward qualifying student loans over five years of employment.¹,² Program availability is limited and subject to eligibility, employment, and program requirements.
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Why Join Professional Physical Therapy?
Built for Therapists Who Want More.
At Professional Physical Therapy, you'll have the support and autonomy to grow into the therapist you want to be—whether your goals include developing deeper clinical expertise, pursuing a specialty, leading a team, or building a clinic of your own.
Clinical Growth and Mentorship — Learn alongside a collaborative community of more than 630 licensed therapists and develop your expertise across orthopedics, sports medicine, spine, women's health, hand therapy, and other specialty areas.
Career Choice and Mobility — Grow as a clinician, pursue a specialty, explore leadership, or work toward clinic partnership and ownership. With more than 200 clinics across five states, your career can evolve without leaving Professional Physical Therapy.
Autonomy and Clinical Excellence — Use your clinical judgment to provide individualized, patient-centered care, supported by experienced colleagues and organizational resources.
Meaningful Impact and Belonging — Build meaningful relationships with your patients while working alongside clinicians who share knowledge, support one another, and are invested in helping you thrive.
The Professional Physical Therapy Advantage
Professional Physical Therapy is one of the Northeast's most trusted physical therapy providers, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality patient care and creating meaningful opportunities for clinicians to grow.
Many Ways to Grow
Grow as a Clinician. Develop a Specialty. Lead a Team. Build a Business.
Your career does not have to follow one path. Whether you want to deepen your clinical expertise, pursue a specialty, lead a team, or build a clinic of your own, Professional Physical Therapy offers opportunities to help you move toward your goals.
Grow as a Clinician — Strengthen your skills, expand your expertise, and continue developing throughout your career.
Develop a Specialty — Explore advanced clinical interests and specialty areas that align with the patients and communities you want to serve.
Lead a Team — Build your leadership capabilities and explore opportunities to become a Clinical Director or pursue other leadership roles.
Build a Business — Qualified clinicians may pursue Joint Venture partnership opportunities that combine patient care, leadership, and clinic ownership.
Support for Your Career—and Your Student Loans
Up to $50,000 Through the RISE Program¹
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Program participants will receive annual payments toward qualifying student loans beginning after their first full year of full-time employment.
How to Apply for RISE
Applying to the RISE Program is separate from applying for employment with Professional Physical Therapy.
1. Start Your RISE Application — Review and acknowledge the initial program requirements, then select and rank the Professional Physical Therapy regions where you would be willing to work.
2. Program Selection — Your application will be reviewed for RISE eligibility and program selection. Submitting an application or meeting the initial criteria does not guarantee acceptance into the program.
3. Apply for an Eligible Position — Acceptance into RISE is not an offer of employment. Explore our current job openings and submit a separate employment application for an eligible full-time Physical Therapist position. Candidates must complete Professional Physical Therapy's standard interview and hiring process before receiving an offer of employment.
4. Enroll in RISE — If hired and selected for the program, complete the applicable RISE agreement and connect your eligible student loans through Clasp. Annual payments begin following your first full-time employment anniversary, provided you continue to satisfy all program requirements.
Start Your RISE ApplicationNote: Submitting a RISE application does not guarantee employment or acceptance into the program. Candidates must separately apply for and be hired into an eligible full-time Physical Therapist position. Professional Physical Therapy makes all employment and final RISE Program selection decisions. The RISE application is not an application for a loan, credit, or other financing.
Who Can Apply
The RISE Program is currently accepting applications from eligible DPT students graduating within the next two years, recent graduates, and practicing Physical Therapists.
Want more details? Here's the fine print.
To be eligible for the Professional Physical Therapy RISE Program, you must meet the following criteria:
- You are the borrower of an Education Loan.
- You have created your online account with your loan servicer, linked your applicable Education Loan(s) to Clasp's loan repayment platform, and provided all required authorizations, consents, and documentation necessary to enable payment processing.
- You have completed, or are enrolled in and pursuing, an "Eligible Degree Program", defined as a master's or Doctor of Physical Therapy program, or other agreed-upon degree.
- You are eligible for and successfully obtain active unrestricted licensure as a Physical Therapist prior to commencing your employment with Professional Physical Therapy, and you maintain such licensure during your employment.
- You are able to work full-time as a Physical Therapist at Professional Physical Therapy.
- If applying as a student, after graduation you are able to meet all applicable hiring and onboarding requirements of Professional Physical Therapy and are fully available and actively working as a Physical Therapist as directed by Professional Physical Therapy in its sole and absolute discretion.
- You remain employed in good standing and in full compliance with all Professional Physical Therapy policies and procedures, as determined by Professional Physical Therapy in its sole discretion, from the date of this Agreement and throughout your employment with Professional Physical Therapy.
- You have not returned to employment with Professional Physical Therapy within two years of a previous separation date. Employees who were previously employed by Professional Physical Therapy and return to employment within two years of their separation date are not eligible to participate in the RISE Program.
Start Your Next Chapter With Professional Physical Therapy
Your Career. Your Growth. Your Future.
More mentorship. More learning. More opportunity. More impact.
And for eligible physical therapists, up to $50,000 toward student loans.¹
Start Your RISE ApplicationQuestions?
Questions about the RISE Program, eligibility, or payments?
Email ClaspQuestions about careers, open roles, or locations at Professional Physical Therapy?
Email Professional Physical TherapyYou can also review the Frequently Asked Questions below.
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¹ If qualified, selected, and employed by Professional Physical Therapy for five years of employment, Professional Physical Therapy will pay up to $50,000 toward your eligible, synced student loans in annual installments via the Clasp platform, beginning on the one-year anniversary of employment, as follows: Year 1: up to $5,000; Year 2: up to $7,500; Year 3: up to $10,000; Year 4: up to $12,500; Year 5: up to $15,000. If your employment or program participation ends, future Professional Physical Therapy payments will stop. You will not be required to reimburse Professional Physical Therapy for payments already made, but you will remain responsible for the unpaid balance of your student loans. You are personally responsible for the financial obligations under your loan agreement(s). Any agreement between you and your employer is entirely separate from your loan obligation(s) and will not in any way offset your obligations to your lender unless payments are made by you or any other party on your behalf.
² The first $5,250 in student loan repayment assistance paid annually is not treated as taxable income. Any annual repayment amount above $5,250 will be treated as taxable earned income and subject to applicable taxes. You should consult with a tax professional if you have any questions regarding tax consequences of the Professional Physical Therapy RISE Program.
Employees who were previously employed by Professional Physical Therapy and return to employment within two years of their separation date are not eligible to participate in the RISE program.
Information valid as of September 2, 2026.