Under the direction and supervision of physical therapists, physical therapist assistants treat patients through exercise, manual therapy, gait and balance training, and other therapeutic interventions.
Career outlook
Employers hire physical therapist assistants to carry out treatment plans through exercise, manual therapy, and gait training under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist.
Getting in
What Kapiolani Community College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
Entrance examNone required
Program Cost Estimate (Oct 2025) for the A.S. technical phase: 3 semesters of tuition, student fees, professional fees, liability insurance, uniform and textbooks; excludes the 28 prerequisite credits. Pass rate 96.2% (2019-2020) and 12-month hybrid format from the UH News article hawaii.edu/news/2023/03/24; program page says outcomes are in a downloadable document.
