Physical Therapy Assistant at Lake Superior College

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

LSC is located in Duluth, Minnesota and approximately 4,762 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 32 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.

LSC Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

LSC Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at LSC

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

LSC Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at LSC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 25% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in physical therapy assistant at LSC are white. Around 53% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. LSC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical therapy assistant graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Medical/Clinical 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 MN, the home state for Lake Superior College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Physical Therapist Assistants	1,780	$53,830

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.