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Physician Assistant at Medical University of South Carolina

Physician Assistant at Medical University of South Carolina

What traits are you looking for in a physician assistant school? To help you decide if Medical University of South Carolina is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physician assistant program.

MUSC is located in Charleston, South Carolina and has a total student population of 3,083.

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.

MUSC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

MUSC Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at MUSC

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

MUSC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

81% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from MUSC, 72% 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 Medical University of South Carolina with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 67
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 SC, the home state for Medical University of South Carolina.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Health Specialties Professors 2,980 $72,470
Physician Assistants 1,430 $103,710

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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