Im think I want to be a physical therapists. I want to know how well they get paid, how many years of college, and are there any colleges in sourthern Arizona?
2006-12-30 04:39:25 · 3 answers · asked by Ria 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
So glad to hear you've become interested in physical therapy. It is a career where the main focus is on the evaluation and treatment of people who have functional limitations either due to illness, disease, surgery, injury, etc. As far as your specific questions, there was a study done by PT Advance Magazine that summarized the average salaries. This can be searched on the web, but I believe you will find the following. First, it is highly depended on your area of practice...West coast pay tends to be higher and southeast tends to be the lowest. In 2005, the average salary for a new graduate was just under $43,000/year. However, two of the largest groups combine to form about 25%(?) of the profession earning $55,000-65,000/year. Yet about 15% earn over $75,000...what I dont' beleive they discussed is whether these salaries only included full-time personell or whether that includes part-timers as well. Yet, in my personal experience, $55,000-65,000/year seems about right.
In US, a PT degree is a minimum of a master's level degree and many programs will switch to a doctorate level program by 2020...if they haven't already. It depends on the structure of the program, but most complete it 3 years after 3-4 years worth of undergraduate work. So, total schooling is usually around 6-7 years.
According to the APTA website, there are only two schools in Arizona that have an accredited PT program. They include:
AT Still University of Health Sciences and Northern Arizona University.
2006-12-31 07:04:49 · answer #1 · answered by mistify 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 05:34:40 · answer #2 · answered by rybicki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use to work with a physical therapists, I mean I was thier patient. I think they get paid is where they work. I don't know any answers to your other questions
2006-12-30 04:44:35 · answer #3 · answered by amazon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋