Physician Assistant at Central Michigan University

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

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and has a total student population of 17,311.

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.

Central Michigan Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Central Michigan Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Central Michigan

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

Central Michigan Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Central Michigan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Central Michigan, 79% 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 Central Michigan University with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 MI, the home state for Central Michigan 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.