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Physician Assistant at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Physician Assistant at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

If you are interested in studying physician assistant, you may want to check out the program at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Southwestern is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 2,299.

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.

UT Southwestern Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UT Southwestern Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UT Southwestern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

UT Southwestern Physician Assistant Master’s Program

77% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students graduated with a master's degree in physician assistant from UT Southwestern. About 23% were men and 77% were women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UT Southwestern, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 TX, the home state for University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors 13,930 $139,540
Physician Assistants 7,930 $109,590

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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