2025 Best Physical Therapy Assistant Bachelor's Degree Schools

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in physical therapy assistant, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #784 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy assistant students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 bachelor's degrees in physical therapy assistant during the <nil> academic year.

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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 bachelor's 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 schools for physical therapy assistant students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Physical Therapy Assistant in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in physical therapy assistant.

Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Physical Therapy Assistant

1

South College
Knoxville, TN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

South College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in physical therapy assistant. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, South College is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in physical therapy assistant from South College

2

Pima Medical Institute - Tucson
Tucson, AZ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Annual Graduates

Pima Medical Institute - Tucson is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in physical therapy assistant. Located in the large city of Tucson, PMI Tucson is a private for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in physical therapy assistant from Pima Medical Institute - Tucson

Physical Therapy Assistant by Region

View the Best Physical Therapy Assistant Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physical Therapy Assistant

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
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	680
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant	66
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	59
Occupational Therapist Assistant	42
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant	11
Medical/Clinical Assistant	2

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.