2025 Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Arizona
4
Colleges in Arizona
115
Associate Degrees
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.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 115 associate degrees in physical therapy assistant during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Physical Therapy Assistant School for Your Associate Degree
The physical therapy assistant associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality physical therapy assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
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
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 the Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Arizona.