Physician Assistant at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 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.

UAB Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UAB Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Physician Assistant Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 physician assistant majors earned their master's degree from UAB. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 73% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UAB 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 UAB, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	69
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Health Specialties Professors	1,960	$108,310
Physician Assistants	750	$92,880

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.