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Fitting Your Life into the PTA Program

Fitting your Life into the PTA Program requires…

 

Job Flexibility

  • PTA class days and times change each semester
  • PTA classes meet 4 days a week
  • Clinical classes are an 8 hour work day
    • For 4 weeks in 4th semester
    • For 12 weeks in 5th semester

Study Time

  • Rule of thumb is 2 hours of study for each hour of lecture
  • For lab courses, we recommend 2 hours of practice for each week in lab

Family Coverage

  • School bus schedules may conflict with class starting and finishing times
  • Sick days, snow days, vacation days may be out of synch with Suffolk County Community College classes
  • Time for their homework and yours

Read the Financial Student Fact Sheet for the Physical Therapist Assistant Program

 
The Physical Therapist Assistant Program at Suffolk County Community College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085.

Telephone: (703) 706-3245

Contact Us

Admission Counselor
Meghan DeMayo-Dalen
(631) 451-4529
demayom@sunysuffolk.edu

Program Coordinator
Dr. Keith Perrucci
(631) 451-4017
perruck@sunysuffolk.edu

Ammerman Admissions
533 College Road
Selden, NY 11784
(631) 451-4111
Hours:
Monday - Friday
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Central Admissions
Phone: (631) 451-4414
Fax: (631) 451-4415
admissions@sunysuffolk.edu

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.