[3] The school that ultimately became the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences was founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1979 by Stanley V. Paris as the Institute of Physical Therapy.

The university also completed work on a 98,000-square-foot academic and clinic building at the St. Augustine campus.

[10] Altas Partners, a Canadian long-term private equity firm, purchased USAHS from Laureate in 2019.

[14] USAHS founder Stanley V. Paris was the first president of the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

[15] Faculty member Todd Bourgeois is a three-time national qualifying contestant on the NBC show American Ninja Warrior.