Physician Assistant at Nova Southeastern University

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

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

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.

NUS Florida Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

NUS Florida Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Physician Assistant Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 232 students earned a master's degree in physician assistant from NUS Florida. About 74% of these graduates were women and the other 26% were men.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from NUS Florida, 63% 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 32% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	145
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Cardiopulmonary Technology
• Respiratory Care Therapy
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Physician Assistants	6,040	$105,930

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 Dgreco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.