Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Sargent College)

Boston University Sargent
College of Rehabilitation Sciences
Sargent College
Latin: Universitas Bostoniensis
Type Private
Established 1881
President Ken Freeman, PhD
Provost Ken Lutchen, PhD
Dean Jack Dennerlein, PhD
Academic staff
 72 full-time
68 part-time
Undergraduates 1239
Postgraduates 451
Address
635 Commonwealth Avenue
,
Boston
,
Massachusetts
,
United States
Campus Urban
Website www.bu.edu/sargent

The Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SAR) is a school of Boston University. The College offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs to prepare students for both research and clinical careers in health care and the rehabilitation sciences.

History

In 1881, Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent founded the Sargent School of Physical Training in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During the decades that followed the establishment of the School, Sargent built a reputation as an innovator in physical conditioning and health promotion. At the Sargent School, students learned training techniques to strengthen and improve the physical capabilities of all people, including both disabled and healthy individuals. This emphasis on comprehensive health care remains a focus of the College today. Sargent College became part of Boston University in 1929, five years after Sargent's death.

In the fall of 1990, BU Sargent College moved to an extensively renovated facility at 635 Commonwealth Avenue. The six-story building contains classrooms, student lounges, research laboratories, an outpatient clinic, and faculty and staff offices.

Areas of study

The Sargent College has four academic departments that confer degrees upon undergraduate and graduate students:

  • Department of Health Sciences
  • Department of Occupational Therapy
  • Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
  • Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

Undergraduate

SAR offers the following degrees at the undergraduate level:

Graduate

SAR offers the following degrees in the graduate program:

  • Master of Science (MS)
    • Athletic Training
    • Human Physiology
    • Nutrition
    • Nutrition-Dietetic Internship
    • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)
    • Entry-Level
    • Post-Professional
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    • Human Physiology
    • Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
    • Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)

Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

BU Sargent College houses the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, the first nationally funded psychiatric rehabilitation center in the United States. As of 2005, it was designated as the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

U.S. News Best Graduate Schools

Over the years, U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate School rankings have consistently found the graduate programs at BU Sargent College to be among the best in the country. As of 2020, Sargent College graduate programs ranked as follows: occupational therapy program was ranked number 1 (out of 198 programs), physical therapy was ranked number 20 (out of 239 programs), and speech-language pathology was ranked number 10 (out of 261 programs).