Physician Assistant at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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

Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 32,277 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.

Pitt Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Pitt Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Pitt

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

Pitt Physician Assistant Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students earned a master's degree in physician assistant from Pitt. About 79% of these graduates were women and the other 21% were men.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Pitt, 79% 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 Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Physician Assistants	6,650	$98,510

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 Crazypaco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.