Physician Assistant at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and has a total student population of 3,808.

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.

Pacific Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Pacific Physician Assistant Rankings

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In 2021, 57 students received their master’s degree in physician assistant from Pacific. This makes it the #45 most popular school for physician assistant master’s degree candidates in the country.

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 57 students who earned a master's degree in Physician Assistant from Pacific in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Pacific does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Pacific, 65% 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 28% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Pacific also has a doctoral program available in physician assistant. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
Physician Assistants	1,530	$113,570

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.