Physical Therapy Assistant at LaGuardia Community College

Every physical therapy assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physical therapy assistant program at LaGuardia Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 39 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.

 

 

LaGuardia Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

LaGuardia Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 28% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 37% more women than average.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical therapy assistant graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• 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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Physical Therapist Assistants	4,700	$52,720

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.