PTA Program Information Sheet

• Institution
• Accrediting Agency of College
• Administrative Hierarchy
• Program Mailing Address
• Accrediting Agency of Program
• Curriculum Design Characteristics
• Faculty and Staff
• Acceptance and Matriculation
• Graduate Performance Data

Institution

Administration/Academic Affairs
Community College of Rhode Island
400 East Avenue
Warwick, RI 02886
(401) 825-2188

Accrediting Agency of College:

New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE)
Accredited January 1st, 2019

Administrative Hierarchy

• President: Meghan Hughes, PhD
• Vice President of Academic Affairs: Rosemary A. Costigan, PhD, RN
• Dean of Health and Rehabilitative Sciences: Suzanne Carr, PhD, RN
• Chair of Allied and Rehabilitative Health: Maddie Josephs, MS, MLS(ASCP)

Program Mailing Address

Physical Therapist Assistant Program
Community College of Rhode Island
Newport County Campus
1 John H. Chafee Boulevard
Newport, RI 02840

*If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please email [email protected].*

The Physical Therapist Assistant Program at the Community College of Rhode Island is accredited by

Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100 | Alexandria, VA | 22305-3085
Telephone: (703) 706-3245
Website: http://www.capteonline.org
Email: [email protected]

Initial Accreditation: May 12, 1993
Last Accreditation: October 25, 2017

Degree Awarded: Associate in Applied Science
Program Director: Craig Simpson, MS, PT

Curriculum Design Characteristics

• Integrated Two-Year
• Length of Program: 6 semesters
• Total Number of Credit Hours in General Education Courses: 27
• Total Number of Credit Hours in Technical Education Courses including Clinical Education: 43
• Total Number of Contact Hours of Clinical Education: 720
• Current enrollment in each class of the program (Fall 2019)
  • Freshmen: 23
  • Sophomores: 22

Faculty and Staff

Core Faculty

• Craig Simpson, Program Director & Clinic Coordinator
• Joshua Clare

Adjunct Faculty

• Toni Spirito

Lab Manager

• Toni Spirito

Acceptance and Matriculation

Class of 2017

• 65 Applicants
• 29 Offered Acceptance
• 24 Accepted
• 24 In the Cohort

Class of 2018

• 73 Applicants
• 27 Offered Acceptance
• 21 Accepted
• 21 In the Cohort

Class of 2019

• 65 Applicants
• 26 Offered Acceptance
• 24 Accepted
• 21 In the Cohort

Class of 2020

• 53 Applicants
• 26 Offered Acceptance
• 24 Accepted
• 20 In the Cohort

Graduate Performance Data

1st Year Retention Rates, Graduation Rates, and 1st Attempt NPTE Pass Rates and Employment Rates by Graduation Class

Rate			2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Graduation Rate in Expected Time frame			91% (21/24)	90.9% (20/22)	90.9% (20/22)	84% (16/19)	91% (19/21)
Graduation Rate in 150% Expected Time			91% (21/24)	90.9%  (20/22)	90.9% (20/22)	95% (18/19)
NPTE Pass Rate Ultimate			95.5%	95%	100%	100%	100%
NPTE Pass Rate First Time			86.4%	79%	85%	84.6%	68%
Employment Rate			93%	90.9%	93%	93%	87%
Employment rate is calculated from Graduate Survey Data, Institutional Research Data, and social media discussion. It is based on the number of graduates who passed the NPTE and were actively seeking employment as PTAs.