Physical Therapy Assistant at Polk State College

Every physical therapy assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physical therapy assistant program at Polk State College stacks up to those at other schools.

Polk State is located in Winter Haven, Florida and has a total student population of 9,961.

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.

Polk State Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

Polk State Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at Polk State

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

Polk State Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at Polk State may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 21% more women than average.

Polk State does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical therapy assistant graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 FL, the home state for Polk State College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Physical Therapist Assistants	6,330	$61,650

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.