Physician Assistant at Heritage 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 Heritage University stacks up to those at other schools.

Heritage University is located in Toppenish, Washington and approximately 999 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.

Heritage University Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Heritage University Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Heritage University

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

Heritage University Physician Assistant Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 physician assistant majors earned their master's degree from Heritage University. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Heritage University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Heritage University, 63% 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 33% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 WA, the home state for Heritage University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Physician Assistants	2,470	$123,980

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 Chris Light under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.