Physician Assistant at Rush University

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

Rush University is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 2,816 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.

Rush University Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Rush University Physician Assistant Rankings

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.

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Rush University

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

Rush University Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Rush University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Rush University, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% 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 Rush University with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist
• Respiratory Care Therapy
• Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist
• 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 IL, the home state for Rush 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.