Physician Assistant at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,313.

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.

Sacred Heart Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Physician Assistant Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students graduated with a master's degree in physician assistant from Sacred Heart. About 34% were men and 66% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Sacred Heart does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Sacred Heart, 53% 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 37% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Radiologic Technology
• Athletic Training
• Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Physician Assistants	2,300	$125,610

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 Unknownwikidata:Q4233718 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.