2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy Assistant

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Therapy Assistant is the 111th most popular major in the country with 7,420 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 physical therapy assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical therapy assistant. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physical therapy assistant program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree physical therapy assistant students.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy Assistant

1

Pima Medical Institute - Tucson
Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Medical Institute - Tucson landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Physical Therapy Assistant at PMI Tucson

2

Siena Heights University
Adrian, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Siena Heights University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major list. Adrian, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Full Siena Heights University Physical Therapy Assistant Report

3

South College
Knoxville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major. This medium-sized school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees in 2020-2021.

Full South College Physical Therapy Assistant Report

4

Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major list. Idaho State University is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees to qualified students.

Full ISU Physical Therapy Assistant Report

4

Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major list. Southern Adventist is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Physical Therapy Assistant at Southern Adventist

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.