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Career Information for Physical Therapist Assistants in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Physical Therapist Assistants in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bloomington and Rockford
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Peoria and Chicago
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago and Rockford

Salaries for Physical Therapist Assistants in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Champaign and Chicago. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Physical Therapist Assistants in Illinois are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Physical Therapist Assistants in Illinois

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Physical Therapy Aide
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Illinois Physical Therapy Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Black Hawk CollegeMolineAssociate6,311
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicagoAssociate10,993
College of DuPageGlen EllynAssociate25,768
Illinois Central CollegeEast PeoriaAssociate11,804
John A Logan CollegeCartervilleAssociate7,559
Kaskaskia CollegeCentraliaAssociate5,041
Lake Land CollegeMattoonAssociate7,177
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfreyAssociate7,875
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfieldAssociate6,655
Morton CollegeCiceroAssociate5,057
Parkland CollegeChampaignAssociate9,407
Rend Lake CollegeInaAssociate4,821
Shawnee Community CollegeUllinAssociate2,176
South Suburban CollegeSouth HollandAssociate6,260
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburgAssociate2,606
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondaleDoctorate & First Professional20,983
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBellevilleAssociate13,713

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Physical Therapist Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Physical Therapist Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Physical Therapist Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Bloomington80$43,8503
Rockford130$45,4502.1
Champaign60$57,1501.6
Chicago1,470$52,0900.9
Peoria50$47,0100.7
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