2025 Best Physical Therapy Assistant Schools in New Jersey
3Colleges in New Jersey
75Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #111 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.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of physical therapy assistant. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 75 degrees in physical therapy assistant annually.
Choosing a Great Physical Therapy Assistant School
Your choice of physical therapy assistant school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Physical Therapy Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings by Degree Level
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 Schools in New Jersey.
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Best Schools for Physical Therapy Assistant in New Jersey
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physical therapy assistant degree levels they offer.
Top New Jersey Schools in Physical Therapy Assistant
It's hard to beat Essex County College if you want to pursue a degree in physical therapy assistant. Essex is a moderately-sized public college located in the large city of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #375 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Essex is a great college overall.
There were about 21 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Essex in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Union County College if you want to pursue a degree in physical therapy assistant. Union County College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Cranford. This college ranks 25th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 25 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Union County College in the most recent data year.
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Every student who is interested in physical therapy assistant needs to take a look at Mercer County Community College. Mercer County Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of West Windsor. This college ranks 35th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 20 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Mercer County Community College in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of physical therapy assistant school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Physical Therapy Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
