The physical therapy assistant program would take two years. However, to be accepted you would need to meet the pre-recs, which you can likely earn at community college. A program I am familiar with requires students to have English 101, a college level math class, psych 101, a medical terminology class, anatomy and physiology (which has its own pre-recs) and other classes (at least 27 credits) before applying.
The program itself is 84 credits. That could vary state to state, so contact the schools you are interested in attending so you can be sure you are taking the right classes now.
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