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Physician Assistant at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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

UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and has a total student population of 16,147.

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.

UMKC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UMKC Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UMKC

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

UMKC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

78% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UMKC, 83% 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 Missouri - Kansas City with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Health Specialties Professors 4,710 $148,840
Physician Assistants 1,070 $94,480

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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