Physician Assistant at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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

TTUHSC is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 5,274.

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.

TTUHSC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

TTUHSC Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at TTUHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

TTUHSC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from TTUHSC, 58% 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 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Athletic Training

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 TX, the home state for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Physician Assistants	7,930	$109,590

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 Krista Mericle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.