Physician Assistant at Methodist University

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

Methodist is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina and approximately 1,773 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.

Methodist Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Methodist Physician Assistant Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Methodist

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

Methodist Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 40 students who graduated with a master’s in physician assistant from Methodist in 2021, 35% were men and 65% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Methodist does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Methodist, 60% 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 28% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 NC, the home state for Methodist 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.