Physician Assistant at University of the Pacific

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

Pacific is located in Stockton, California and approximately 6,263 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.

Pacific Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Pacific Physician Assistant Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 43 students who graduated with a master’s in physician assistant from Pacific in 2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Pacific, 53% 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 37% 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 the Pacific with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Athletic Training

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 the Pacific.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Thias under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.