Tuition Assistance Program
At Spooner
Tuition Assistance Program At Spooner
Finish your Doctoral Program. Start your career with Spooner.
Spooner’s Tuition Assistance Program helps final-year physical therapy and occupational therapy students reduce the financial burden of graduate school while building a direct path toward a career in outpatient private practice.
Selected students receive financial assistance toward final-year tuition and begin connecting with Spooner before graduation through mentorship, learning opportunities, and relationships with our clinical team.
*Applications must be submitted at least 90 days before the start of your final year or semester.
INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE WITH SPOONER
Your final year of graduate school is about more than completing your degree. You’re preparing for licensure, deciding where you want to practice, and beginning to define the physical therapist or occupational therapist you want to become.
WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT JOURNEY.
The Spooner Tuition Assistance Program provides selected students with financial assistance toward final-year tuition while creating an opportunity to begin building their relationship with Spooner before graduation.
Financial Support
Reduce the financial burden of your final year of graduate school with tuition assistance paid directly to your academic institution.
Career Growth
Build a path toward employment with Spooner following graduation and successful licensure.
Clinical Development
Connect with Spooner clinicians through mentorship and opportunities to participate in learning events while you’re still in school.
Community Impact
Begin your career in a private practice where physical therapists and occupational therapists have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on their patients, their communities, and the profession.
Financial Support
Reduce the financial burden of your final year of graduate school with tuition assistance paid directly to your academic institution.
Career Growth
Build a path toward employment with Spooner following graduation and successful licensure.
Clinical Development
Connect with Spooner clinicians through mentorship and opportunities to participate in learning events while you’re still in school.
Community Impact
Begin your career in a private practice where physical therapists and occupational therapists have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on their patients, their communities, and the profession.
More than your first job
Starting your career is a big decision. We believe your first years in practice should give you the foundation to become the therapist you want to be.
At Spooner, you’ll enter an environment built around collaboration, mentorship, continuous learning, and an engaging patient experience. You’ll work alongside clinicians with expertise across orthopedics, sports medicine, pelvic health, hand therapy, and other areas of practice while continuing to develop your own interests and expertise.
Our goal isn’t simply to help you get through your final year of school.
WE WANT TO HELP YOU BUILD WHAT COMES NEXT.
Who Should Apply
The Spooner Tuition Assistance Program is designed for final-year PT and OT graduate students who look forward to starting their career in a private-practice setting and are excited to help shape the future of musculoskeletal care in their communities.
You may be a strong candidate if you:
- are entering your final year of an accredited DPT or OTD program.
- are enthusiastic about starting your career in outpatient private practice.
- value mentorship, collaboration, and continued learning.
- want to contribute to your patients, community, and the future of the profession as a primary musculoskeletal provider.
- are excited to join Spooner following graduation.
- are eligible to work in the United States.
- are a current Spooner employees enrolled in an accredited DPT or OTD program.
How It Works
- Apply
Complete the online application and submit the required supporting materials at least 90 days before your final year or semester begins. - Meet the Spooner team
Qualified applicants will be invited to interview with Spooner to discuss their goals, interests, preferred locations, and potential career opportunities. - Receive your offer
Selected applicants will receive details regarding their tuition assistance award and associated employment commitment. - Begin connecting with Spooner
Tuition assistance is paid directly to your school, and you’ll be connected with a Spooner mentor and invited to participate in learning opportunities during your final year. - Graduate and begin your career
Following graduation and successful licensure, you’ll transition from student to Spooner therapist.
What You’ll Need To Apply
Applicants should be prepared to provide their resume, previous-year transcript, documentation of final-year tuition costs, and one letter of
recommendation from a current or former employer, clinical instructor, academic instructor, or community leader.
You’ll also submit a short applicant statement responding to three questions:
- Why private practice?
What interests you about beginning your career in outpatient private practice, and why are you interested in doing that at Spooner? - What impact do you want to make?
As you look ahead to your career as a physical therapist or occupational therapist, how do you hope to make an impact on your patients, your community, and the profession? - What has shaped you?
Tell us about an experience that has shaped the kind of therapist and teammate you want to become. This could come from school, a clinical experience, athletics, employment, leadership, volunteering, or another meaningful experience.
READY TO INVEST IN WHAT COMES NEXT?
Your final year is the beginning of your transition from student to licensed therapist.
LET’S START BUILDING YOUR FUTURE AT SPOONER!
READY TO INVEST IN WHAT COMES NEXT?
Your final year is the beginning of your transition from student to licensed therapist.
LET’S START BUILDING YOUR FUTURE AT SPOONER!