2024 Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Nevada

Physical Therapy Assistant is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #17 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy assistant students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 86 associate degrees in physical therapy assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to physical therapy assistant students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other physical therapy assistant students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physical therapy assistant related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for physical therapy assistant students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Physical Therapy Assistant Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Nevada list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Physical Therapy Assistant in Nevada

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in physical therapy assistant.

Top Nevada Schools for an Associate in Physical Therapy Assistant

1

Carrington College, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Carrington College, Las Vegas is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in physical therapy assistant. Carrington College, Las Vegas is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.More information about a associate in physical therapy assistant from Carrington College, Las Vegas

1

College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in physical therapy assistant has to check out College of Southern Nevada. Located in the large city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in physical therapy assistant from College of Southern Nevada

2

Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas if you want to pursue an associate degree in physical therapy assistant. Located in the city of Las Vegas, PMI Las Vegas is a private for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a associate in physical therapy assistant from Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas

Best Physical Therapy Assistant Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Physical Therapy Assistant Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	405	486
Washington	288	178
Oregon	260	49
Hawaii	79	14
Alaska	71	12

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Physical Therapy Assistant Related Rankings by Major

Physical Therapy Assistant is one of 14 different types of Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Physical Therapy Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	39
Medical/Clinical Assistant	32
Occupational Therapist Assistant	31

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.