2024 Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

Ranked #17 in popularity, physical therapy assistant is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Louisiana 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 80 associate degrees in physical therapy assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Physical Therapy Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of physical therapy assistant for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on physical therapy assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of physical therapy assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physical therapy assistant related body.

Our complete 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.

 

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for physical therapy assistant students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Louisiana Schools for an Associate in Physical Therapy Assistant

1

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in physical therapy assistant needs to look into Delgado Community College. Delgado Community College is a large public college located in the city of New Orleans.More information about a associate in physical therapy assistant from Delgado Community College

2

Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Bossier Parish Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in physical therapy assistant. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Bossier City.More information about a associate in physical therapy assistant from Bossier Parish Community College

3

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Baton Rouge, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in physical therapy assistant needs to look into Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. FranU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.More information about a associate in physical therapy assistant from Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

3

Louisiana College
Pineville, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Louisiana College is a good decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in physical therapy assistant. Louisiana College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small suburb of Pineville.More information about a associate in physical therapy assistant from Louisiana College

Best Physical Therapy Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	90
Florida	232	787
North Carolina	231	184
Georgia	217	99
West Virginia	180	38
Tennessee	170	201
Arkansas	161	91
Virginia	158	206
Kentucky	129	90
Alabama	109	138
South Carolina	105	100

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physical Therapy Assistant

One of 14 majors within the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services area of study, Physical Therapy Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Physical Therapy Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant	94
Occupational Therapist Assistant	67
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	15
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	10

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.