How to Apply to Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

Step 1: Apply to TCC

Apply online with ApplyTCC (use Firefox or Chrome for the best experience)

• Application instructions: How to Apply for Admission

Once you are accepted as a student at TCC, you will get a TCC Student ID number.

You need a TCC Student ID number for your application to PTA.

Step 2: Attend an Information Session

In our Spring 2025 In-Person Information Session, you will find out everything you need to know about our program: requirements, courses, costs, and more.

Attending an information session is an application requirement. You will submit your Certificate of Attendance with your application.

When & Where

• Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
• Time: noon–2 p.m.
• Place: Trinity River Campus East: TRHA-1050

Want to see what we'll discuss?

Review our TCC Physical Therapist Assistant Information Session Presentation Slides (PDF)Listen.

Questions?

Health Care Professions Advising Resource Hub

Janette Keen, Career Advisor

Call 817-515-1484
Email TR.HealthCareAdvising@tccd.edu

Step 3: Make sure you are eligible to apply

What are the requirements?

For details, go to Selective Admission: PTA

Step 4: Get current official transcripts

You will need to submit your official college transcripts from all colleges and schools you have attended to the TCC Admissions and Registrar Office.

If your transcript includes courses from other institutions, you will also need to request an evaluation of your transfer coursework.

If you have not attended college or if you will have fewer than 12 college semester hours by the application deadline, you will need to submit your official high school transcript(s).

International Students

Contact International Student Admissions & Compliance (817-515-1570) at least 8 weeks before the application deadline to schedule an appointment if you have international transcripts.

Step 5: Take required admissions exams before you apply

1. Health Education Systems, Inc. (HESI) Admission Exam

   You can take the HESI A2 exam online through ProctorU or in-person at the Trinity River Campus Testing Center.

   Find out how: See HESI A2 Admission Assessment

   Each HESI attempt must include all 4 sections:

   • Reading comprehension
   • Grammar
   • Math
   • Vocabulary

2. If English is not your first language

   You will need to take one of the following English readiness exams:

   • TOEFL iBT®
     or
   • IELTS

Step 6: Request work / volunteer / observation & reference forms be completed

Documentation of Experience

• Form: Documentation of Experience Form (PDF)Listen

Give the PT or PTA staff at the facility or facilities where you earned your observation or work experience the "Documentation of Experience Form" to complete.

After completing the form, the clinician who supervised your experience will return the completed form to you, so it can be uploaded within your online application.

Letters of Reference

When you fill out the online PTA application, you will list your professional reference(s) and their email address(es).

Your professional reference(s) will receive and email with a link to a separate form  where they will submit your letter(s) of reference.

Step 7: Submit your application by the deadline

We will not accept late applications.

1. Fill out and submit your online application

   TCC Health Sciences Program Application

   Have questions about the online application?

   Email us at TR.HealthCareAdvising@tccd.edu

2. Be sure to upload required supporting materials

   • All completed PT observation / experience and reference forms
     • See detailed instructions in the Observation / Work Experience section of the online application.
   • Information Session Certificate of Attendance
     • Upload your Certificate of Attendance in the Observation / Work Experience section of the online application.
   • HESI scores for the 4 required sections (see Step 5)
   • Immunization records

3. Complete and electronically sign your online application

   We will not accept paper applications.