Physician Assistant at Wake Forest University

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 Wake Forest University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,789.

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.

Wake Forest University Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Wake Forest University 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 Wake Forest University

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

Wake Forest University Physician Assistant Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 85 students earned a master's degree in physician assistant from Wake Forest University. About 79% of these graduates were women and the other 21% were men.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Wake Forest University, 69% 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 28% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

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 NC, the home state for Wake Forest University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Physician Assistants	5,010	$104,680

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 JHMM13 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.