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Physical Therapy Assistant at Union County College

If you are interested in studying physical therapy assistant, you may want to check out the program at Union County College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Union County College is located in Cranford, New Jersey and approximately 8,298 students attend the school each year. 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.

Union County College Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

Union County College Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at Union County College

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

Union County College Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

56% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at Union County College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in physical therapy assistant at Union County College are white. Around 59% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Union County College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical therapy assistant graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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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 Union 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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