Physician Assistant at Pennsylvania College of Technology

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

Penn College is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,565. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in physician assistant from Penn College.

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.

Penn College Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Penn College Physician Assistant Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physician assistant progam at Penn College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physician assistant major at Penn College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physician Assistant. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools	166
	186
Most Focused Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools	222

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in physician assistant from Penn College. This is the #223 most popular school for physician assistant master’s degree candidates in the country.

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Penn College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Penn College Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Physician Assistant from Penn College in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical physician assistant bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Penn College since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physician assistant at Penn College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology with a bachelor's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Surgical Technology
• Radiologic Technology

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 PA, the home state for Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Physician Assistants	6,650	$98,510

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 George Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.