Physician Assistant at East Carolina 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 East Carolina University stacks up to those at other schools.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798.

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.

ECU Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

ECU Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. ECU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from ECU, 83% 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 East Carolina University with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
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 NC, the home state for East Carolina 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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.