Physician Assistant at Florida State University

What traits are you looking for in a physician assistant school? To help you decide if Florida State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physician assistant program.

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and has a total student population of 43,569.

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.

Florida State Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Florida State 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 Florida State

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

Florida State Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Florida State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Florida State, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 State 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 Ayzmo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.