Physician Assistant at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 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.

SIUC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

SIUC 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.

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in physician assistant from SIUC. This makes it the #110 most popular school for physician assistant master’s degree candidates in the country.

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students graduated with a master's degree in physician assistant from SIUC. About 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from SIUC, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Respiratory Care Therapy
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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
• Image Credit: By Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.