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Physician Assistant at University of Southern California

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Physician Assistant at University of Southern California

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 Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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.

USC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

USC Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

83% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The physician assistant program at USC awarded 59 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

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In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 38% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 18
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 21
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors 11,540 $161,770
Physician Assistants 10,520 $117,230

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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