Physician Assistant at Frostburg State University

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

Frostburg State is located in Frostburg, Maryland and has a total student population of 4,857.

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.

Frostburg State Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Frostburg 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 Frostburg State

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

Frostburg State Physician Assistant Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a master's degree in physician assistant from Frostburg State. About 72% of these graduates were women and the other 28% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Frostburg State 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 Frostburg 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 32% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MD, the home state for Frostburg State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Physician Assistants	3,040	$108,180

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 Cmcnamee0 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.