Northeast Texas Community College PTA program costs $10,430. Here is how its graduates do.
An AAS program in Mount Pleasant, Two-year AAS. 100% of its graduates passed the NPTE-PTA on the first try over 2024 to 2025.
The short version
- Its NPTE-PTA rate (100%) is above the Texas program median of 90.4%.
- 100% of graduates looking for work in the field found a job, by CAPTE's measure.
- 72.0% of students who started finished the program.
- Its published cost is at or below the median for Texas PTA programs that publish one ($10,477).
- At 10% of the local median wage for physical therapist assistants, the program cost is paid back in about 1.4 years.
These lines are generated from the numbers on this page and change when the data does.
How graduates do
CAPTE requires every accredited program to publish the same outcome measures, so they can be compared program to program. 4
Graduates who passed the NPTE-PTA licensing exam on their first try, as a two-year average for 2024 and 2025 graduates, published by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT). Where a program also publishes its ultimate pass rate (including retakes), it is shown separately. Job placement: graduates who sought work as a PTA and were employed within a year of passing the exam, as the program reports it.
Where the money goes
The school's estimate, in 6 parts. School states a program total of $10,430 in-district. Includes hepatitis B vaccine if needed and about $500 per clinical summer/fall for travel. A newer 2026 CAPTE fact sheet is posted, but its in-district lines add to $9,377 while its stated total is $11,127, so the itemized 2024-2025 analysis is used.
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Year 1 fall: tuition and fees, program fees, textbooks, hepatitis B, PhysioU, scrubs and lab attire | $3,107 |
| Year 1 spring: tuition and fees, program fees, textbooks, CPR | $3,055 |
| Year 1 May minimester: tuition and fees, textbook | $495 |
| Year 1 summer I: tuition and fees, program fees, clinical travel | $851 |
| Year 1 summer II: tuition and fees, program fees | $689 |
| Year 2 fall: tuition and fees, program fees, clinical travel, licensure registration | $2,233 |
| Total 1 | $10,430 |
Not included: prerequisite courses and living costs. Estimated cost for PTHA curriculum 2024-2025, in-district.
What physical therapist assistants earn around Texarkana
The median yearly wage for physical therapist assistants in the Texarkana metro area is $73,560. 3 Payback time sets aside 10% of that each year toward the program cost.
After you graduate: getting to work in Texas
Texas requires a PTA license issued by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. Applicants must pass the NPTE for PTAs (run by FSBPT), pass the Texas jurisprudence exam (TX JAM), and complete a fingerprint background check.
| Step | Fee |
|---|---|
| Apply online to the Texas PT Board for a PTA license by exam and pay the application fee.5 | Not published |
| Register with FSBPT for the NPTE-PTA after the school verifies graduation, selecting Texas.6 | $485 |
| Pay the FSBPT card processing fee.7 | $8 |
| Reserve a seat with Prometric and take the exam.8 | $92 |
| Pass the Texas Jurisprudence Assessment Module (TX JAM) online.9 | Free |
| Send an official transcript and passport photo and complete fingerprinting (SSN required from Sept 1, 2026).10 | Not published |
| Optional: request a temporary license after applying.11 | $60not counted |
Typical fees to start working: $585. Counts the NPTE-PTA ($485), FSBPT's card processing fee (about $8) and the Prometric seat fee ($92). The Texas license application fee and fingerprinting are extra; we could not confirm the current state fee. Texas PTA licenses renew every two years by the end of the birth month and require 20 continuing competence units, including the board jurisprudence module, under 22 TAC 341.1 and 341.2. Full guide: how to become a physical therapist assistant in Texas
With Northeast Texas Community College's published cost, the total to finish school and get credentialed is about $11,015, before prerequisites and living costs.
Program facts
- Credential
- AAS
- Length
- Two-year AAS
- Before you apply
- Listed in a separate application checklist.
- Entrance exam
- HESI A2 (TSI proficiency also required)
- Accreditation
- CAPTE, Accredited (initial 10/2007; next visit Spring 2032)
- Leads to
- National Physical Therapy Examination for PTAs (NPTE-PTA) and a Texas license
Sources and dates
- NTCC Cost Analysis 2024-2025, Estimated cost for PTHA curriculum 2024-2025, in-district.
- Northeast Texas Community College program outcomes page, Program page: 2024 cohort 9 of 16 graduated (56%), 2025 cohort 14 of 16 (88%), 2-year graduation 72%; 100% first-attempt pass both years; employment 100%. Ultimate rate not stated..
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Physical Therapist Assistants (31-2021), May 2025 estimates.
- Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), checked Nov. 2026.
- Texas PT Board, Apply by Exam, checked Nov 2026.
- FSBPT Exam Registration and Payment, checked Nov 2026.
- FSBPT Exam Registration and Payment, checked Nov 2026.
- FSBPT NPTE Candidate Handbook, Exam Registration and Scheduling, checked Nov 2026.
- Texas PT Board, TX JAM, checked Nov 2026.
- Texas PT Board, Apply by Exam, checked Nov 2026.
- Texas PT Board, Temporary License, checked Nov 2026.
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