Physical Therapy Assistant at Central Penn College

If you plan to study physical therapy assistant, take a look at what Central Penn College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Central Penn is located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 963. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 51 students received their associate's degree in physical therapy assistant.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physical Therapy Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

 

 

Central Penn Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

Central Penn Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at Central Penn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical therapy assistant majors at Central Penn College.

Central Penn Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at Central Penn may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in physical therapy assistant at Central Penn are white. Around 86% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Penn College with a associate's in physical therapy assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	44
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Medical/Clinical Assistant
• Occupational Therapist Assistant

Careers That Physical Therapy Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical therapy assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Central Penn College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Physical Therapist Assistants	5,300	$54,100

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.