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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
GEORGIA
Middle Georgia State University
Stacey O'Neal, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
1900 Bellevue Road
Dublin, GA 31021
Program Director: 478/934-7478
stacey.oneal@mga.edu
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
TENNESSEE
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Jennifer Stevens, PTA, MS
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
Union Avenue Campus
737 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103-3322
Program Director: 901/333-5395
jstevens@southwest.tn.edu
UTAH
Utah Valley University
Ryan Rushton, PT, DPT, MHA, CLT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
800 W University Parkway
Orem, UT 84058-6703
Program Director: 801/863-6313
ryan.rushton@uvu.edu