Physician Assistant at University of South Alabama

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 South Alabama stacks up to those at other schools.

USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and has a total student population of 14,224.

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.

USA Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

USA Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at USA

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

USA Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. USA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from USA, 90% 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 South Alabama with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Radiologic Technology

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 AL, the home state for University of South Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Health Specialties Professors	1,960	$108,310
Physician Assistants	750	$92,880

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 Ä â€™asil under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.