PTA is physical therapy assistant. You go to school for two years, in Concord University, it’s 20 months. You basically do the same thing a Physical Therapist does but without all the crazy paperwork. The only negative thing that I did find about this career is that, if you do decide to move forward to becoming a PT, you would have to start over because the classes you took when you were doing PTA won’t be transferred. They’re simply non-transferable.

RN, on the other hand, if you have an associates degree, or plan to start with just with AS, you CAN transfer the classes you took to become a BSN.

I’m leaning towards RN, to be honest, it seems more practical, but if I was guaranteed a job for PTA, then I’d do PTA. I just don’t know what the demand for PTA’s will be once I graduate.

Sorry for the long answer. ^__^