Physician Assistant at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

What traits are you looking for in a physician assistant school? To help you decide if The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physician assistant program.

UT Health San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 3,478 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.

UT Health San Antonio Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UT Health San Antonio Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UT Health San Antonio

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio Physician Assistant Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students earned a master's degree in physician assistant from UT Health San Antonio. About 73% of these graduates were women and the other 27% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UT Health San Antonio does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UT Health San Antonio, 59% 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 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	26
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

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 AMAPO under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.