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Acceptance Rates

The competition for admission to clinical programs and professional schools is intense and admission is never guaranteed. However, the University of Nebraska at Kearney is very proud of the success that our students have enjoyed in gaining admission. The overall acceptance rate of UNK students to all our various health programs has been approximately 70% over the last ten years. Following are the acceptance rates for the individual programs in recent years.

2011

Program of Study	Accepted/Applied	% Accepted
Chiropractic	2/3	67%
Clinical Perfusion	0/1	0%
Dental Hygiene	2/2	100%
Dentistry	1/2	50%
Health Info. Management	0/0	NA
Medicine	6/8	75%
Medical Technology	1/1	100%
Mortuary Science	0/0	NA
Nuclear Medicine Tech.	0/1	0%
Occupational Therapy	5/5	100%
Optometry	1/2	50%
Osteopathy	1/1	100%
Pharmacy	5/5	100%
Physical Therapy	5/9	56%
Physician Assistant	3/3	100%
Radiography	15/20	75%
Podiatry	0/0	NA
Respiratory Therapy	2/2	100%
Other	0/0	NA
TOTALS	49/65	75%

2010

Program of Study	Accepted/Applied	% Accepted
Chiropractic	3/3	100%
Clinical Perfusion	0/0	NA
Dental Hygiene	1/1	100%
Dentistry	4/4	100%
Health Info Management	0/0	NA
Medicine	9/11	82%
Medical Technology	0/2	0%
Mortuary Science	1/1	100%
Nuclear Medicine Tech.	0/1	0%
Occupational Therapy	4/4	100%
Optometry	0/0	NA
Osteopathy	2/4	50%
Pharmacy	3/3	100%
Physical Therapy	5/8	63%
Physician Assistant	8/9	89%
Radiography	12/14	86%
Podiatry	0/0	NA
Respiratory Therapy	3/3	100%
Other	0/0	NA
TOTALS	55/68	81%

2009

Program of Study	Accepted/Applied	% Accepted
Chiropractic	4/4	100%
Clinical Perfusion	0/0	NA
Dental Hygiene	1/1	100%
Dentistry	5/5	100%
Health Info Management	0/0	NA
Medicine	9/14	64%
Medical Technology	3/4	75%
Mortuary Science	1/1	100%
Nuclear Medical Tech.	0/1	0%
Occupational Therapy	8/8	100%
Optometry	3/4	75%
Osteopathy	7/9	78%
Pharmacy	6/7	86%
Physical Therapy	4/7	57%
Physician Assistant	1/2	50%
Radiography	12/16	75%
Podiatry	0/0	NA
Respiratory Therapy	4/4	100%
Other	0/0	NA
TOTALS	68/87	78%

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