Physician Assistant at Albany Medical College

If you are interested in studying physician assistant, you may want to check out the program at Albany Medical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

AMC Albany is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 835.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physician Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

AMC Albany Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

AMC Albany Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at AMC Albany

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Albany Medical College.

AMC Albany Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 42 students who earned a master's degree in Physician Assistant from AMC Albany in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. AMC Albany does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from AMC Albany, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Albany Medical College with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Physician Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in physician assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Albany Medical College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.