Physician Assistant at Westfield State University

If you plan to study physician assistant, take a look at what Westfield State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and approximately 5,395 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.

Westfield Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Westfield Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Westfield

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

Westfield Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Westfield does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Westfield, 66% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 MA, the home state for Westfield State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Physician Assistants	3,720	$108,700
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.