Physician Assistant at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and approximately 21,917 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.

Towson Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Towson Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Physician Assistant Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students earned a master's degree in physician assistant from Towson. About 72% of these graduates were women and the other 28% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Towson 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 Towson, 66% 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 34% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Physician Assistants	3,040	$108,180

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.