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These programs have admitted at least one class of students and have been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education. Candidacy status indicates that a program is making satisfactory progress toward compliance with accreditation criteria, but it does not assure that a program will achieve accreditation. (Note: Date indicates anticipated graduation of first class.)

CALIFORNIA

Chaffey College
Adeel Rizvi, PT, DPT, PhD
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
5885 Haven Avenue
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737-3002
Program Director: 909/652-6677
Adeel.Rizvi@chaffey.edu 
First Class Graduates: 05/2026

College of the Canyons
David Pevsner, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Program Director: 661/362-3712
david.pevsner@canyons.edu 

MICHIGAN

Wayne County Community College District
Sherry Saggers, PTA , MS, EdD
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
Wayne County Community College District
Curtis L. Ivery Health & Wellness Education Center
1001 West Fort Street
Detroit, MI 48226-3001
Program Director: 313/496-2758
ssagger1@wcccd.edu
First Class Graduates: 12/2025

OHIO

Washington State College of Ohio
Kimberly Salyers, PTA, EdD
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
710 Colegate Drive
Marietta, OH 45750
Program Director: 740/885-5700
ksalyers@wscc.edu