Physician Assistant at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 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.

UF Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UF Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 62 physician assistant students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UF, about 34% were men and 66% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UF does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UF, 65% 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 32% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Physician Assistants	6,040	$105,930

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.