Physical Therapy Assistant at University of Alaska Anchorage

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

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 11,953 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.

UAA Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

UAA Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at UAA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical therapy assistant majors at University of Alaska Anchorage.

UAA Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in physical therapy assistant at UAA are white. Around 58% 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a associate's in physical therapy assistant.

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

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK

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
• Image Credit: By Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.