Physician Assistant at University of Utah

What traits are you looking for in a physician assistant school? To help you decide if University of Utah is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physician assistant program.

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 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.

U of U Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

U of U 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 U of U

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

U of U Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. U of U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from U of U, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	38
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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Health Specialties Professors	2,120	$141,550
Physician Assistants	1,090	$102,710

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.