PTA program celebrates 100 percent pass rate

PTA class of 2019

The Northeast Texas Community College Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Program recently learned that all 12 of its December 2019 graduating class passed their professional licensure exam on the first try. Upon graduating with their Associate of Applied Science degree in PTA, graduates are required to sit for the NPTE Board Exam before starting their professional careers. The PTA class of December 2019 is pictured front row (from left): Taylor Wheless of Logansport, LA; Cayleigh Caddenhead of Simms; Karissa Bolyog of Melissa; Marron Allison of Sulphur Springs; and Viviana Ugalde of Sulphur Springs. Back row (from left) is: Jordan Parker of Wake Village; Anna Whitehead of Texarkana, AR; Jaci Ledkins of Hawkins; Colton McDonald of Cumby; Charles Northcutt of Sulphur Springs; Zachary Crane of Omaha; and Ashley Burdine of Paris. To learn more about NTCC’s PTA Program, please visit www.ntcc.edu/PTA or call 903-434-8124.