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PTA students in lab instruction.

AACC’s Physical Therapist Assistant program is administered by the Chesapeake Area Consortium for Higher Education (CACHE), which includes Anne Arundel Community College (AACC), Chesapeake College and the College of Southern Maryland (CSM). Students complete the general education requirements at AACC as well as their Physical Therapist Assistant classes. Clinical practice rotations are completed at local service areas when possible.


Major and Offerings

Students who complete the two-year, five-term program receive an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree and are eligible to take the National Licensing Examination for Physical Therapist Assistants.

Learn more about the Physical Therapist Assistant program.


Faculty and Staff

Program Director

Patricia Brady, director
410-777-7036
pabrady@aacc.edu
HLSB 360A

Full-time Faculty

Loraine Frey, academic coordinator
410-777-7043
lbfrey@aacc.edu
HLSB 360C

Linda Johnson, clinical education academic coordinator
410-777-7391
ljjohnson@aacc.edu
HLSB 360B


Accreditation

The CACHE Physical Therapist Assistant program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, VA 22305-3085; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: www.capteonline.org.


AACC PTA By the Numbers

100%

Employment rate among graduates.

$50,000

Median salary of a PTA according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The job outlook is expected to grow much faster than the average.

1,375

Square feet of lab practice area in the new state-of-the-art learning space that opened in 2021. That's nearly double the previous lab space.