Physician Assistant at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Every physician assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physician assistant program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

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.

UNM Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UNM Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Physician Assistant Master’s Program

The physician assistant program at UNM awarded 17 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UNM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UNM, 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 35% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy
• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Physician Assistants	680	$108,610

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.