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Physician Assistant at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 26,241 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.

Wayne State Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Wayne State Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State Physician Assistant Master’s Program

92% Women
4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students earned a master's degree in physician assistant from Wayne State. About 92% of these graduates were women and the other 8% were men.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Wayne State, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 42
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Health Specialties Professors 5,440 $131,020
Physician Assistants 4,490 $110,240

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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