Physical Therapy Assistant at College of Western Idaho

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

CWI is located in Nampa, Idaho and approximately 10,200 students attend the school each year.

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.

CWI Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

CWI Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at CWI

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

CWI Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at CWI may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in physical therapy assistant at CWI are white. Around 58% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. CWI 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 College of Western Idaho with a associate's in physical therapy assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 ID, the home state for College of Western Idaho.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Physical Therapist Assistants	430	$49,410

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.