Physician Assistant at Missouri State University - Springfield

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

Missouri State is located in Springfield, Missouri and approximately 23,505 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.

Missouri State Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Missouri State Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Missouri State

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

Missouri State Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 27 students who earned a master's degree in Physician Assistant from Missouri State in 2020-2021, 48% were men and 52% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Missouri State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Missouri State, 70% 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 26% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Respiratory Care Therapy
• Radiologic Technology
• 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 MO, the home state for Missouri State University - Springfield.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Health Specialties Professors	4,710	$148,840
Physician Assistants	1,070	$94,480

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.