Physician Assistant at Northwestern University

If you are interested in studying physician assistant, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 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.

Northwestern Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Physician Assistant (1 - 4 Years)
• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Northwestern 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 Northwestern

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

Northwestern Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 35 students who earned a master's degree in Physician Assistant from Northwestern in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Northwestern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Physician Assistants	2,670	$108,260

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.