Physical Therapy Assistant at San Diego Mesa College

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

San Diego Mesa College is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 20,693.

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.

San Diego Mesa College Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

San Diego Mesa College Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at San Diego Mesa College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical therapy assistant majors at San Diego Mesa College.

San Diego Mesa College Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

53% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 37% men each year. The program at San Diego Mesa College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

San Diego Mesa College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical therapy assistant graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 CA, the home state for San Diego Mesa College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Physical Therapist Assistants	5,150	$64,210

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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