Amarillo College is an equal opportunity college.  It is the policy of Amarillo College not to discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, color, age, religion, or national origin in its educational and vocational programs, activities, or employment as required by Title IX, as amended, Section 504, Title VI, and Age Discrimination Act of 1978.

Complete and submit an online application between January 1st of each year and ending May 31st.

Submit all official transcripts of previous coursework from other institutions to the Amarillo College Registrar.

Attend an Informational Meeting on the Amarillo College West Campus. You will need to attend one of the following dates:

• Saturday, May 25th at 11:00 am in the West Campus Allied Health Building, Room 165
• Tuesday, May 28th at 5:00 pm in the West Campus Allied Health Building, Room 165
• Friday, May 31st at 5:00 pm in the West Campus Allied Health Building, Room 165

If you are unable to attend one of the above meetings or if you live at a distance from Amarillo, there will be one Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 1st at 4:00 pm CST. The Zoom link will be provided to applicants in an email.

  Note: All informational meetings are scheduled in-person. If you live more than 100 miles away from the campus, notify Dr. Sue Vandagriff, Director of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program, at suevandagriff@actx.edu for other alternatives.

**Address for Allied Health Building, West Campus, 6222 SW 9th Ave., Amarillo, TX  79106
 

Initial acceptance emails will be sent to the applicant's official AC email in mid-June 2024. After conditional acceptance to the PTA Program, the applicant will be required to submit the following documents:

• Essential Expectation of the PTA form OR a physical examination form completed by the applicants physician
   
• Amarillo College Release and Waiver of Liability form
• Immunizations are required by the Texas Department of Health and are due at the time the application is submitted.  You must submit proof of the following immunizations with your application to the PTA program:
   
  • Hepatitis B (this is a 3 shot series and will take 6 months to complete)
  • Varicella titer or physician statement concerning past Varicella illness (for those who have had chickenpox) or the Varicella vaccine (for those who have not had chickenpox)
  • MMR (2 doses)
  • Tetanus (this must have been completed in the last 10 years)
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Annual flu shot
  • Current TB test (this expires annually)
  • Proof Of COVID immunizations or completion of approved AC medical or religious exemption waiver

• CPR/BLS (Basic Life Support) certification for Healthcare Providers. Online CPR certifications/renewals will NOT meet this requirement.
   
• Background check through Complio
   
• 10-Panel drug screen through Complio

At the end of May, applicants will be awarded points based on completion of the following general education courses:  Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Freshman Comp I, Speech, Humanities or Fine Arts, and Life-Span Developmental Psychology. Students will receive 10 points for each "A" in these courses, 7 points for each "B", and 4 points for each "C".  The points received for each course will then be multiplied by the course credit hours.

For example:

• "A" - BIOL 2401 = 10 points x 4 hours for 40 points
• "B" - BIOL 2401 = 7 x 4 hours for 28 points
• "C" - PSYC 2314 = 4 x 3 hours for 12 points
  
  
  After calculation of the application scores, the 22 applicants with the highest scores will be selected for entry into the PTA program. In the event of a tie, the reported HESI scores will be used to select applicants to enter the program. Students not selected will be placed on a waiting list and encouraged to reapply the next year.  Students will be accepted off of the waiting list until the first day of fall classes.

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