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Physician Assistant at Northeastern University

Physician Assistant at Northeastern University

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

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 22,905 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.

Northeastern Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Northeastern Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Northeastern

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

Northeastern Physician Assistant Master’s Program

71% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Northeastern does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Northeastern, 71% 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 Northeastern University with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 34
International Students 0
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 MA, the home state for Northeastern 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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