Physician Assistant at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you plan to study physician assistant, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092.

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.

UNC Chapel Hill Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UNC Chapel Hill Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Physician Assistant Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 physician assistant majors earned their master's degree from UNC Chapel Hill. Of these graduates, 39% were men and 61% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UNC Chapel Hill does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UNC Chapel Hill, 89% 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Physician Assistants	5,010	$104,680

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 Marchmain05 under License

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