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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
Bakersfield College
Suzanne Oesch, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
1801 Panorama Dr.
Bakersfield, CA 93305-1219
Phone: 661/395-3583
suzanne.oesch@bakersfieldcollege.edu
First Class Graduates: 12/2023
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
College of the Desert
Matthew Wilson, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
43500 Monterey Ave
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Program Director: 760/565-4839
mawilson@collegeofthedesert.edu
First Class Graduates: 05/2024
Unitek College
Beata Sapeta, PT, MPT, PhD
Program Chair
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
1111 Howe Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95825
Program Director: 916/536-7030
bsapeta@unitekcollege.edu
First Class Graduates: 05/2024
COLORADO
Pikes Peak State College
Joseph M Miller, PT, DSc, OCS, SCS, CSCS
Program Chair
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
5675 South Academy Boulevard
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Program Director: 719/502-3486
JosephM.Miller@ppcc.edu
First Class Graduates: 05/2024
FLORIDA
ECPI University-Florida
Kandy Mills, PT, DPT, M.E.d., GCS, CEEAA
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
ECPI University-Florida
660 Century Point, Suite 1050
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Program Director: 407/562-9100
kmills@ecpi.edu
First Class Graduates: 04/2023
Northwest Florida State College
Susan DeSmith, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
1170 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
Program Director: 850/863-6511
desmiths@nwfsc.edu
First Class Graduates: 12/2022
GEORGIA
South College-Atlanta Campus
Amy Cornell, PT, tDPT, CEAS
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
2600 Century Parkway NE
Atlanta, GA 30345-3125
Program Director: 470/322-1224
acornell@south.edu
First Class Graduates: 04/2023
ILLINOIS
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges- Wabash Valley College
Lisa Hoipkemier, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
2200 College Drive
Mt Carmel, IL 62863-2699
Program Director: 618/262-8641
hoipkemierl@iecc.edu
First Class Graduates: 07/2024
MARYLAND
Frederick Community College
Amelia Iams, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
7932 Opossumtown Pike
Frederick, MD 21702
Program Director: 301/846-2400
aiams@frederick.edu
First Class Graduates: 05/2024
MISSISSIPPI
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Barton Allen, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
4975 Highway 51 North
Senatobia, MS 38668-1714
Program Director: 662/562-3247
ballen@northwestms.edu
First Class Graduates: 08/2023
OKLAHOMA
Southern Nazarene University
Loren McElroy, DPT, PT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
Broadhurst, Room 203, 6729 NW 39th Expressway
Bethany, OK 73008-2764
Program Director: 405/491-6630
LMartin@mail.snu.edu
First Class Graduates: 12/2024
TENNESSEE
Freed-Hardeman University
Ashely Prentice, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
158 E Main Street
Henderson, TN 38340-2398
Program Director: 731/989-6004
aprentice@fhu.edu
First Class Graduates: 12/2023
TEXAS
Rio Grande Valley College
Minerva Gatling, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
5419 North Cage Boulevard
Pharr, TX 78577
Program Director:956/781-6800
mgatling@rgvcollege.edu
First Class Graduates: 05/2024
Collin College
Michael Cox, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
2550 Bending Branch Way
Allen, TX 75013
Program Director: 972/549-6319
mcox@collin.edu
First Class Graduates: 05/2025
VIRGINIA
Virginia Western Community College
Jordan M Tucker, PT, DPT
Program Director
Physical Therapist Assistant Program
3091 Colonial Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24015
Program Director: 540/857-6728
jtucker@virginiawestern.edu
First Class Graduates: 05/2024