Hickory, NC (population: 42,082) has twelve physical therapy assistant schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the highest ranked school in this group with a physical therapy assistant program, has a total student population of 24,701. It is the 241st highest ranked school in the USA and the 10th highest in the state of North Carolina (#1 is Duke University).
Physical Therapy Assistant students from Hickory schools who go on to become physical therapy assistants, exercise physiologists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 174,490 people working as physical therapists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $76,220. Also, Physical therapist aides make on average $24,990 per year and there are about 44,160 of them employed in the US today.
Hickory lies in Catawba county, which is one of the 64 counties in North Carolina. Overall, the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton area has 144,150 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.8% unemployment rate, $16.84/hr average worker wage, and a $35,020 average annual salary.
Of the 12 physical therapy assistant schools with a 100-mile radius of Hickory, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, South College-Asheville comes out as the most expensive ($22,472/yr) for physical therapy assistant students, with Wytheville Community College as the lowest, reported at only $1,335/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Hickory |
Statesville | NC | - | 1 | 10.6088 | 63 | 25.0 miles |
Mooresville | NC | - | 2 | 20.4244 | 6 | 31.1 miles |
Gastonia | NC | 75,340 | 1 | 28.6194 | 5 | 35.1 miles |
Belmont | NC | - | 2 | 36.2771 | 82 | 38.1 miles |
Banner Elk | NC | - | 1 | 22.4512 | 43 | 42.1 miles |
Kannapolis | NC | 44,672 | 0 | - | 0 | 43.5 miles |
Charlotte | NC | 723,514 | 18 | 27.5295 | 455 | 46.8 miles |
Salisbury | NC | - | 6 | 27.3664 | 241 | 48.3 miles |
Dobson | NC | - | 1 | 13.9158 | 60 | 56.7 miles |
Rock Hill | SC | 72,341 | 5 | 30.0256 | 144 | 57.9 miles |
Misenheimer | NC | - | 1 | 21.9215 | 70 | 61.2 miles |
Elizabethton | TN | - | 1 | 27.8719 | 17 | 64.8 miles |
Spartanburg | SC | 40,665 | 7 | 35.0859 | 216 | 64.9 miles |
Winston Salem | NC | - | 7 | 32.3218 | 230 | 65.7 miles |
Asheville | NC | 75,836 | 3 | 28.8268 | 140 | 69.6 miles |
Tigerville | SC | - | 1 | 63.4383 | 50 | 74.7 miles |
High Point | NC | 105,064 | 3 | 31.8326 | 88 | 76.4 miles |
Emory | VA | - | 1 | 59.2251 | 85 | 76.8 miles |
Brevard | NC | - | 1 | 17.072 | 34 | 86.5 miles |
Greensboro | NC | 259,523 | 7 | 44.9987 | 387 | 87.3 miles |
Wentworth | NC | - | 1 | 11.7821 | 42 | 98.2 miles |