Study in the live music capital of the country.

Austin is a fun, friendly, creative community with something for everyone, from hipsters to hikers to healthcare workers. Austin is known for its lakes, greenbelts, and bike trails. Austin boasts all the amenities and job prospects of a big city—with the quirky charm and natural beauty of a small Texas town.

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Why study with USAHS in Austin?

Catch live music any night of the week.

Check out hotspots like the Continental Club or catch trending acts at South by Southwest (SXSW) and Austin City Limits. For a quintessential Austin experience, you might find yourself listening to a live band on the banks of the river while savoring gourmet tacos and craft beer.

Help “Keep Austin Weird.”

Austin is the fastest-growing large city in the U.S. and a center of filmmaking and high tech. But countering this growth is a local movement to “Keep Austin Weird” and maintain its small-town charm. Austin’s young, active, highly educated, and culturally diverse population makes it an ideal place to live, work, and study.

Appreciate the abundance of natural beauty.

What are the perks of attending pt school or occupational therapy school in Austin, TX? You’ll find lakes, swimming holes, and green spaces all within a few minutes of campus and downtown Austin area. Take advantage of the many free events throughout the year—at Zilker Park, Barton Creek Greenbelt, and beyond. And bring your best friend—Austin is very pet-friendly!

State-of-the-art on-campus resources

Centers for Innovative Clinical Practice

Students in our physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology programs practice using state-of-the-art technology in our Centers for Innovative Clinical Practice. Located on all USAHS campuses, our CICPs are immersive learning laboratories that mimic a variety of clinical spaces and home settings.

ADL Simulation Lab

Watch students in our occupational therapy programs use assistive devices tailored to each scenario as they work with mock patients on daily living skills, such as getting in and out of a bathtub and brushing their teeth.

Driving Simulator

Our driving simulators are built with actual car parts, including a six-speed transmission and a force-feedback steering wheel. Video monitors play simulations, so the user feels like they’re really driving. Our OT students use this tool to assess patients’ reaction speeds and visual perception, and to help patients build or rebuild their driving skills.

3D Printers

Our 3D printers enable you to design and build customized assistive technology for patients. Using technology and your own inspiration, you can create orthotics, prosthetics, and other devices that could make a patient’s sports life or daily life a little bit easier. You can even work with patients to create individualized devices.

BTE PrimusRS

This rehabilitation and exercise machine enables you to gather real-time, objective data on patient movement. Using functional attachments, the BTE measures different types of movement—such as opening a door, steering a car, and playing certain sports. It’s a powerful tool for gauging patient progress and assessing how well your interventions are working.

Double Robot

Double Robotics’ telepresence robot enables a remote healthcare provider to communicate with a patient through a movable robot with an iPad. You can practice remote consultations, such as moving the robot around a hospital bed and angling it to assess the patient’s wound. For the patient, the robot offers a closer analogue to a human presence than does a static screen.

Anatomage Table

These anatomy visualization tables display fully segmented 3D human anatomy via a fully interactive touchscreen experience. You can see realistic views inside the human body by selecting different planes and cross-sections. You can query structures, save the information inside a USB drive, and study the visualizations in more depth at home.