Physician Assistant at Touro College

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

Touro is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 11,699.

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.

Touro Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Touro Physician Assistant Rankings

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In 2021, 175 students received their master’s degree in physician assistant from Touro. This makes it the #3 most popular school for physician assistant master’s degree candidates in the country.

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Touro

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Touro College.

Touro Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 175 students who graduated with a master’s in physician assistant from Touro in 2021, 34% were men and 66% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Touro does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Touro, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	111
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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

Related Majors

• Radiologic Technology

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 Touro College.

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 Matthew G. Bisanz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.