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Physician Assistant at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459.

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.

USD Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

USD Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Physician Assistant Master’s Program

88% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 26 students who graduated with a master’s in physician assistant from USD in 2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from USD, 88% 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 Dakota with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 23
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Physician Assistants 540 $102,830
Health Specialties Professors 160 $95,150

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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