The Physical Therapist Assistant works under the supervision of the physical therapist. PTAs are directly involved in patient treatment, performing such duties as applying physical agents, and designing and carrying out exercise programs. They provide direct patient care of individuals who experience temporary or permanent disability due to pain, injury, disease or birth defects.
The Physical Therapist Assistant program is a limited access program, in which both program admission and course registration are restricted to a certain number of students meeting predetermined criteria. Please see the application information packet for admissions and acceptance criteria.
The PTA program at CF is an associate in science degree program lasting seven semesters for full-time students. There are 30 credits of general education courses and 44 credits of technical level PTA courses, which must be full time. Students must apply and be accepted into the PTA technical level classes.
The PTA program graduate must take and pass a state-administered national examination in order to become licensed and eligible to practice.
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1 December 2024, 1 April 2025
Start date
8 January 2025, 14 May 2025
College of Central Florida
3001 S.W. College Road,
OCALA,
Florida,
34474, United States
Minimum Requirement: Applicants must have a high school or secondary school transcripts and diploma/certificate (“document by document” evaluation).
Optional Requirement: College/University (“course by course” evaluation)
CF does not require English Proficiency test scores for international student admission; however, Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing Systems (IELTS) and Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP EIKEN), no older than 12 months, are accepted.
TOEFL: 61 and above
IELTS: 5.5 and above
STEP: Grade 2A and above
CF enjoys a very high graduate employment rate, with 86 percent of graduates employed or in further study within one year of graduation.