Name: Austin, TX Campus
Address: 5401 La Crosse Ave, Austin, TX, 78739, US
Telephone: (800) 241-1027

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Study at our university in Austin, TX, 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 Central Texas town. If you are looking for speech-language pathology, occupational or physical therapy schools in Austin, TX, USAHS has everything you need.

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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 Auditorium Shores at the banks of the Colorado river while savoring gourmet tacos and craft beer.

Help “Keep Austin Weird.”

Austin is the fastest-growing large city in the United States 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. USAHS is one of many colleges in Austin, TX. Austin’s young, active, highly educated, and culturally diverse population makes it an ideal place to live, work, and study - especially for students looking for an occupational or physical therapy school in Austin.

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 the 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 health science 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. As one of our occupational and physical therapy students, 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 used in health professions 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 for the occupational and physical therapy students. 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.

Programs offered at USAHS Austin

Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) Program

woman with a Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) assisting a patient

Become an occupational therapy practitioner and help people of all ages overcome physical and cognitive barriers and improve their quality of life. We offer the MOT program in two formats: Residential and Flex. Visit program page

Flex MOT Program

If you want to earn the identical MOT degree but in a more flexible format, including on-campus lab classes held on scheduled weekends rather than weekdays, the Flex MOT is the path for you. Visit program page

Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)

Choose the OTD program if you want to prepare not only for clinical practice and fieldwork experience, but also for expanded roles in the profession. In the OTD's additional two trimesters beyond the MOT, you will gain research experience with a capstone project. Visit program page

Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)

woman from a graduate physical therapy program assisting a patient

The DPT is the entry-level degree in physical therapy. It prepares you for clinical practice with a wide range of patients and in varied settings. It also prepares you for advanced roles in research and practice leadership. Visit program page

Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)

Created for working students, the Flex DPT path offers the identical curriculum and degree as the DPT with a more flexible schedule: students meet on campus for lab classes on weekends rather than weekdays. Visit program page

Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP)

Earn your MS-SLP degree online in our innovative, immersive program—and empower people to communicate better and gain self-esteem. In our collaborative SLP community, you’ll be mentored by expert clinicians. Visit program page

Campus Director

Mary Zadnik, SCD, MED, OTR/L

Location

How to Get to USAHS Austin

USAHS Austin is located on La Crosse Avenue.

Our Austin Campus Address:

Our Austin Campus Address:
5401 La Crosse Ave
Austin, TX 78739

Our hours are: 8AM – 8PM Monday – Friday

Our contact phone number is: (800) 241-1027

Parking: Students are not permitted to park in any of the parking spots on the perimeter of the three buildings, excluding designated visitor, handicapped, or carpool spots unless the parking permit is displayed. All USAHS students are responsible for any parking tickets received for improper parking on the street. Any students who are parked in unapproved spots in the parking lot will be issued a parking citation of $25.00 by the University.