Physician Assistant at Duke University

Every physician assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physician assistant program at Duke University stacks up to those at other schools.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172.

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.

Duke Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Duke Physician Assistant Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Duke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Duke University.

Duke Physician Assistant Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 89 physician assistant majors earned their master's degree from Duke. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Duke, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	47
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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Physician Assistants	5,010	$104,680

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
• Image Credit: By Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.