Sacramento City College Physical Therapist Assistant Program
Program Outcomes and Statistics
SCC PTA Graduate NPTAE pass rates
The National Physical Therapist Assistant Examination (NPTAE) created under the auspices of the Federation of State
Boards of Physical Therapy (www.fsbpt.org) is used by most states as one of the requirements for licensure.
2011
Graduation year
First time pass rate 79%
Ultimate pass rate for 92%
graduating class
2012
75%
89%
2013
85%
90%
2014
78%
82%
2015
100%
100%
Class entering in:
Enter in
2010
(graduate
in 2012)
Enter in
2011
(graduate
in 2013)
Enter in
2012 (graduate
in 2014)
Enter in
2013
(graduate
in 2015)
Enter in
2014
(graduate
in 2016)
Number of applicants
Number of students who
enrolled
Number of graduates
Graduation rate
93
30
130
30
161
30
175
28
176
28
29
97%
21
70%
29
97%
20
TBD
TBD
(within
150%
expected
time)
(within
150%
expected
time)
(within
150% expected
time)
0
1
3
2
19
4
1
0
3
2
12
3
0
0
4
4
19
2
0
0
3
3
12
2
37
22-64
33
20-57
33
23-52
34
25-56
8
21
9
12
14
15
7
13
5
10
1
2
11
0
3
8
0
5
8
0
20%
28%
37%
20%
Ethnicity of graduates
African-American
American Indian/Alaskan
Asian/Pacific Islander
Hispanic/Latino
White
Other/unknown
Age
Average age
Age Range
Gender of graduates
Men
Women
Prior degree of graduates
AA/AS
BA/BS
Advanced degree
Home location
> 60 miles from Sacramento
Updated 11/4/15
71%
(within 150%
expected time)
Employment of Graduates
To the best of our knowledge, 100% of graduates in recent cohorts have obtained
employment as physical therapist assistants within 6 months of passing the NPTE for
PTA’s (licensure exam).
Job announcements are posted online through the California Physical Therapy
Association website and other sources. Students often find employment in settings
where they have completed clinical affiliations. In addition the program regularly
forwards job announcements to recent graduates via email distribution lists.
Types of employment Settings of PTA Graduates (surveys of 2012-2014 grads)
Acute Care ~7%
Outpatient Settings ~35%
Home Health ~3%
Skilled Nursing ~50%
Rehabilitation ~5%
Pediatric / School 0%
Other 0%
Clinical Education
The program has a clinical education agreement (contract) with >300 sites. The
majority of sites are in Northern California, especially the greater Sacramento area. Not
all sites accept students each year.
Of the clinical instructors who worked with students from SCC in 2014-2015 44%
were Credentialed Clinical Instructors and 9% held some type of certification of
advanced clinical skill.
The program has a range of clinical sites to provide students with inpatient and
outpatient experience. The variety of clinical sites is approximately as follows:
• Outpatient 50%
• Acute Care 19%
• Skilled Nursing 16 %
• Acute Care with Outpatient 6%
• Rehabilitation 3%
• Pediatric Inpatient 3%
• Pediatric Outpatient 3%
• Sports 2%
• Home Health 1%
Updated 11/4/15