Physician Assistant at Stony Brook University

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

SUNY Stony Brook is located in Stony Brook, New York and approximately 26,782 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.

SUNY Stony Brook Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

SUNY Stony Brook Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at SUNY Stony Brook

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

SUNY Stony Brook Physician Assistant Master’s Program

The physician assistant program at SUNY Stony Brook awarded 72 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. SUNY Stony Brook does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from SUNY Stony Brook, 56% 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 39% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
• Athletic Training
• Respiratory Care 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 NY, the home state for Stony Brook University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000

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 Danski14 under License

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