Physician Assistant at Florida Gulf Coast University

If you plan to study physician assistant, take a look at what Florida Gulf Coast University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,358 students attend the school each year.

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.

FGCU Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

FGCU Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Physician Assistant Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 physician assistant majors earned their master's degree from FGCU. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. FGCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from FGCU, 55% 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 40% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Athletic Training

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 FL, the home state for Florida Gulf Coast University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Physician Assistants	6,040	$105,930

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 Brett Levin under License

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