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Is PT school worth it? Verus PTA and can i do PTA to PT or is PTA to PA easier/better?

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Details: Im in a pre- Physical Therapy program at SDSU and im seeing a 7 year schooling for 80K pay but undergrad being $50,000 cost and Grad up to $100,000+ and im wondering if i should do PTA drop to a community college program, also can i transfer credit down? i know community college students transfer to SDSU with credit but can i do the reverse? Also is PTA to PA an option even? is PT and PA vastly differently as im told?

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  • 6 years ago

    The difference in education between a physical therapy assistant and a physical therapist is vast: the former requires an associate's degree, the latter a doctorate. The PT evaluates the patient and determines the course of therapy; both the PT and the PTA perform the therapy.

    You could not go straight from a community college to a graduate school; you would still need a bachelor's degree to be eligible for a DPT degree (unless there is some sort of BS/DPT degree that offers a combined program).

    Your university classes will transfer to the community college; articulation agreements go both ways. But many of your community college classes in PTA (clinical and practical classes) won't transfer back up into the university for a regular bachelor of science (or bachelor of arts) degree, unless you can find a bachelor degree in PTA.

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    6 years ago

    A PTA is a job that take two-years at community college. Could you get a PTA, work a few years and go back to get a bachelor's degree? Sure. You would need a Bachelor's to be considered for either PA or PT graduate programs.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Hi the parent teacher orginisation has been around for over 60 years in most schools together both teachers and parents do some wonderful things to raise funds for the schools,

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