Physical Therapist Assistant

Physical Therapist Assistant Courses

Descriptions of physical therapist assistant courses can be found in our online course catalog. View required classes and course descriptions for:

• Physical Therapist Assistant

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Class Format

Due to the nature of the physical therapist assistant profession and the hands-on learning in the curriculum, all Ivy Tech physical therapist assistant courses are taught in a traditional, in-person format.

Step 1

Apply to Ivy Tech

Students interested in the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program must first submit the Ivy Tech general application and complete requirements for admission to the college. During this application, you should apply for Healthcare Specialist program with an interest in PTA. Admission to the college does not ensure acceptance to a health science program, but students can be working on prerequisite courses for the PTA program after admission to the college and before applying to the program itself.

Apply to Ivy Tech

Step 2

Apply to the Physical Therapist Assistant Program

Following completion of prerequisite courses, you may apply for the PTA program through the online application for health science programs. Students must have a GPA of 2.5 out of a 4.0 scale at the end of the spring semester in order to be accepted.

Please note that the PTA program is a selective admission program, which means there are a limited number of spots each year.

The PTA program begins each fall. The application window is between March 15 and May 15 to begin the program that year.

Filling Out the Physical Therapist Assistant Online Application

Apply to PTA   View Application User Guide

Before you begin:

• If you are not a current Ivy Tech Community College student, please Apply Now. You will need a C# (Ivy Tech student ID number) and Ivy Tech single sign-on login credentials in order to apply.
• Gather all required or optional documentation that you will need to upload into the system. View more about requirements here. You will have the ability to save your application in progress until you are able to secure documentation.
• If you are transferring from another institution, please make sure that your transcripts are evaluated at least 4 weeks prior to the application deadline.
  
  Frequently Asked Questions

How to Complete the Physical Therapist Assistant Application:

1. Go to https://apps.ivytech.edu/apply/NursingAndHealthScience
2. Log in using your Ivy Tech credentials.
3. Check to make sure your personal information is accurate.
4. Select the programs and campuses you would like to be considered as an applicant. You can select up to three different programs and three different campuses. (Some students choose to apply to multiple programs within the School of Health Sciences.)
5. You must meet all of the prerequisites for a program in order to submit your application. If you receive a message indicating that you do not meet the prerequisites, then please remove that program selection in order to proceed with the application.
6. Upload any necessary documents.
7. Make sure grades in the system are accurate. If not, please contact your home campus registrar or advisor.
8. You will be able to submit your application if you are currently enrolled in a course identified as a prerequisite for the program.
9. Once complete, submit your application.
10. You will receive an email confirmation in your Ivy Tech email account that your application has been submitted and is pending review.
11. Once you have submitted your application, you have the option to reopen it to make changes.
    
    Note: DO NOT USE THE “BACK” function on your computer. Use the navigation pane at the side of the page to navigate.

Apply Now

For additional information, review your local campus's application packet:

• Lake County at Crown Point
• Muncie
• Sellersburg

Frequently Asked Questions

To learn more about the Health Sciences and Nursing application process, watch the below video, read the FAQ, or contact your campus of interest. 

Offers of Admission

Students can select up to three programs and three campuses each on the application. Offers of acceptance are for a specific program and campus. The offers are determined through eight rounds of auto-selection and six rounds of manual selection.

If a student is accepted, they will receive an email from the online application system to their Ivy Tech email account offering a seat in the program. Offers are emailed beginning within one week of the application close date and continue until program capacity is met or one week before the start of semester classes. Each round of offers begins at 6:00 am and applicants have until 11:59 pm the following day to either accept or reject an offer.

Depending on their rank and offers, a student could potentially receive multiple offers. Once one offer is  accepted, the student is immediately withdrawn from all other offers and will be contacted by the chair or dean of the program with information about the program orientation date, time, and location.

If a student fails to respond, then the offer expires. If a student rejects an offer three (3) times, the application is removed from the auto-selection application pool but will then be available for manual selection rounds that occur later in the process.

Students do have the ability to withdraw an application at any point during the admission cycle. However, once an application is withdrawn, another one cannot be submitted until the next application cycle.

After You're Accepted

If you are accepted into the program—first off, congratulations!—you will be required to attend on orientation session at your local campus during the summer semester prior to beginning classes. An email will be sent following your acceptance with details about the session.

What If I Don’t Get Admitted?

The PTA program does not maintain a waitlist. Non-admitted applicants can reapply in the next year’s application cycle, but we recommend that they to meet with an advisor to begin planning and preparing for the reapplication process. Advisors can also assist students in exploring other programs of interest in Ivy Tech’s School of Health Sciences if they have applied several times and have not been accepted into the program.

What is Selective Admission? 

The Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program is a selective admissions program. Due to the nature of this program and the high number of applications received, we are only able to accept a small number of students each year. 

Weighted Point System

A weighted point system is used to evaluate applicants for admission. Student applications are assigned points based on their grades in prerequisite courses. Point totals for applicants receiving admission offers will vary between campuses. Point totals are not shared.

If there is a tie, the tie breaker will be determined by the student's Ivy Tech GPA from the spring semester.

General Education Weighted Point System

When multiple course attempts are reported on applicant transcripts (including transcripts from other colleges and universities), the highest earned grade of the first three attempts will be used for the selection decision score through the application period. Points for courses transferred from other institutions will be awarded from the grade recorded on the transcript from the other institution provided transfer credit appears on the Ivy Tech transcript.

The PTA Programs of Lake County at Crown Point, Muncie, and Sellersburg at Ivy Tech Community College are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; telephone: 703-706-3245; email accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org. If needing to contact the program institution directly please call:  Dr. Dawn D. Bancsi (Lake County), 219-981-1111 x 2405 or email dsininckimeves@ivytech.edu; Dr. Mark Wise (Muncie), 765-289-2291 or mwise@ivytech.edu, or Dr. Emily Smith, 812-248-4290 or esmith782@ivytech.edu.

Ivy Tech's CAPTE accreditation makes graduates of the PTA associate degree program eligible to sit for the licensure exam.

The information below is provided in accordance with accreditation requirements.