by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 6,499 people earned their degree in physical therapy assistant, making the major the 111th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 physical therapy assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 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. That schools that top this list have a program in physical therapy assistant in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The physical therapy assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree physical therapy assistant students.
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 59 bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Siena Heights University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major. Siena Heights University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Adrian, Michigan. It awarded 6 bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees to 45 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Adventist University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physical Therapy Assistant Major. Southern Adventist University is a small school located in Collegedale, Tennessee that handed out 17 bachelors’s physical therapy assistant degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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