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Physical Therapy Assistant at Essex County College

What traits are you looking for in a physical therapy assistant school? To help you decide if Essex County College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physical therapy assistant program.

Essex is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 6,360. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 27 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.

Essex Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

Essex Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

48% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at Essex may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 17% more women than average.

Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical therapy assistant graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 NJ, the home state for Essex County College.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Physical Therapist Assistants	1,610	$68,000

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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