Additional Costs

In addition to the regular college expenses of tuition, student activity fees, and books, Physical Therapist Assistant students are financially responsible for the following:

• Physical exam and required immunizations
• Malpractice insurance - approx. $8 per semester
• Personal health insurance - varies (neither the College nor your assigned clinical agency assumes any responsibility for student health care costs)
• Textbooks for core PTA courses: approx. $900
• Uniform and namepin for clinical - approx.$50
• Transportation to/from clinical assignments
• Room and board for full-time clinicals (where applicable)
• Watch with second hand
• Goniometer - approximately $15
• Student membership to APTA - $85