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Physician Assistant at East Carolina University

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Physician Assistant at East Carolina 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 East Carolina University stacks up to those at other schools.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798.

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.

ECU Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

ECU Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Physician Assistant Master’s Program

78% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 36 students who graduated with a master’s in physician assistant from ECU in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from ECU, 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 East Carolina University with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 29
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 East Carolina 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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