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Physical Therapy Assistant at Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Physical Therapy Assistant at Southwest Tennessee Community College

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

Southwest is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 7,371 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.

Southwest Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

Southwest Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at Southwest

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

Southwest Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

80% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in physical therapy assistant at Southwest are white. Around 85% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 TN, the home state for Southwest Tennessee Community College.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Physical Therapist Assistants 3,310 $56,830

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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