Physician Assistant at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 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.

NAU Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

NAU Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. NAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	19
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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$133,640
Physician Assistants	2,100	$101,590

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.