Physical Therapy Assistant at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and has a total student population of 52,873. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 34 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.

 

Northern Virginia Community College Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

Northern Virginia Community College Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in physical therapy assistant at Northern Virginia Community College are white. Around 56% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Northern Virginia Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical therapy assistant graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 VA, the home state for Northern Virginia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Physical Therapist Assistants	2,630	$60,110

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.