Physical Therapist Assistant Program Effectiveness Data

The ECC PTA Licensure Exam Pass Rates

Expected Outcome: ECC's ultimate 2-year average licensure pass rate on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) offered by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) will be 80%. The PTA program has consistently achieved this outcome.
Cohort	#1st-time examinees	# passed 1st attempt	% passing 1st attempt	Ultimate ECC % passing	National % passing 1st attempt (U.S. Accredited by graduation year)	Ultimate pass rate (U.S. Accredited candidates)	ECC 2-year average pass rate
							Years	%
							2021	17/16	16	94.1%	100%	79.6%	86.3%	2020-2021	100.0%
							2020	14/14	12/14	85%	100%	83.1%	92.6%	2019-2020	100.0%
2019	14/14	14	100%	100%	84.7%	91.6%	2018-2019	100.0%
2018	15/15	13	86.66%	100.00%	84.6%	91.4%	2017-2018	100.0%
2017	16/16	14	87.50%	100.0%	87.4%	94.8%	2016-2017	100.0%

The ECC PTA Program Completion Rate

Expected Outcome: The program expects a retention rate of 60% or higher over a 2 year period. Program retention is defined as the number of students who complete the program. The program length is 5 semesters or 2 years. The program accepts 20 students annually from qualified applications.
Year graduating from Program	% completed	ECC 2-year average retention rate		ECC 2-year average graduation rate
Year graduating from Program	% completed	Years	%	Years	%
2022
2021	85%	2020-2021	83.0%	2020-2021	83%
2020	81%	2019-2020	79.0%	2019-2020	79%
2019	77%	2018-2019	76.0%	2018-2019	76.0%
2018	75%	2017-2018	77.5%	2017-2018	75.0%

The ECC PTA Program Graduate Employment Rates

Employment rate.

All licensed graduates who had sought PTA employment had been employed as a PTA at the job of their choice in a part-time or full-time position as they preferred. The data is collected by contacting each graduate in follow-up communications by the PTA Program Director and independently by the Institutional Research Department of Elgin Community College.
Cohort	% of program completers	# students employed	ECC Graduate employment rate	ECC 2-year employment average
2019-2021	17	16	94%	97%
2018-2020	14	14	100%	100%
2017-2019	14	14/14	100.0%	100.0%
2016-2018	15	12/14	85.71%	89.73%
2015-2017	16	15/16	93.75%	96.87%