Graduate Degree Programs: Health Professions

Help patients overcome physical, sensory or cognitive obstacles through the therapeutic use of everyday activities as an occupational therapist. By earning your OT degree from Saint Joseph’s University, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to make a meaningful impact on patient care.

The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is designed for individuals with a bachelor’s degree who seek to become physical therapists. Through this program, you’ll play a critical and rewarding role in improving health outcomes for patients by optimizing movement and helping prevent disease.

A Pharmaceutics PhD from Saint Joseph’s University will provide you the experience necessary to improve how drugs are administered and pave the way for new administration methods.

Dive deep into the interactions between drugs and chemicals and biological systems with a PhD in pharmacology and toxicology. Taught by renowned faculty in the historic Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, our research-focused program trains you to be a pharmacologist or toxicologist in academia, private industry or public service.

Housed in Saint Joseph’s University’s historic Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, North America’s first pharmacy school, the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program prepares students for successful careers in pharmacy. 

Saint Joseph’s Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy MS prepares students to learn the science and practice of how drug delivery systems are developed. Working one-on-one with expert faculty, students will gain insight and foresight as they uncover new areas of research in our state-of-the-art laboratories. 

The Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) program is designed for individuals with a bachelor’s degree who seek to become a registered occupational therapist. Through this program, you will learn how to help patients overcome physical, sensory or cognitive obstacles and will make a meaningful impact on patient care.

Saint Joseph's University's Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MSPAS) is a 24-month program that prepares you to deliver team-based care as a physician assistant, with a focus on primary care and serving diverse patient populations.

Saint Joseph’s University’s accredited master’s in pharmaceutics program explores how best to administer a drug to the human body and turn chemicals into effective medications. With a pharmaceutics graduate degree, you’ll advance to the forefront of medical progress.

Build your mastery of how drugs and chemicals work with a Master of Science in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Saint Joseph’s. Our program combines theory with experiment and features a thesis-based curriculum, faculty-supervised laboratory research and small class sizes.