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Career Information for Physical Therapist Assistants in Texas

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Fast Facts for Physical Therapist Assistants in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Laredo, Victoria, and Tyler
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Austin, Dallas, and Houston
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio

Salaries for Physical Therapist Assistants in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: McAllen, Corpus Christi, and Texarkana. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Physical Therapist Assistants in Texas are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Physical Therapist Assistants in Texas

Stratford Career Institute
Online

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

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

Texas Physical Therapy Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloAssociate10,387
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Laredo Community CollegeLaredoAssociate7,831
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
McLennan Community CollegeWacoAssociate8,079
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaAssociate7,560
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantAssociate1,010
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
Panola CollegeCarthageAssociate1,891
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Texas CollegeMcAllenBachelor19,827
St Philips CollegeSan AntonioAssociate9,256
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthAssociate37,948
Wharton County Junior CollegeWhartonAssociate5,892

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Physical Therapist Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. 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

TEXAS

   
Laredo120$58,6003.8
Victoria60$57,1203.5
Tyler110$55,7503.1
Sherman30$62,4202.1
McAllen190$64,7402.1
Texarkana40$63,5502
Amarillo70$45,2001.8
El Paso170$46,8801.6
Corpus Christi100$64,2401.4
Lubbock60$45,0701.2
Waco40$48,6001.1
San Antonio350$59,7201
Fort Worth320$50,5900.9
Longview30$48,6400.8
Houston790$51,0000.7
Dallas560$52,3400.6
Austin160$42,0400.5
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