Physician Assistant at Touro University Nevada

If you are interested in studying physician assistant, you may want to check out the program at Touro University Nevada. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Touro University Nevada is located in Henderson, Nevada and has a total student population of 1,687.

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 University Nevada Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Touro University Nevada Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Touro University Nevada

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

Touro University Nevada Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 68 physician assistant students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Touro University Nevada, about 35% were men and 65% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Touro University Nevada does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Touro University Nevada, 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 40% 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 Touro University Nevada with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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 NV, the home state for Touro University Nevada.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Health Specialties Professors	1,190	$95,720
Physician Assistants	650	$116,850

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.