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Physician Assistant at Northwestern University

Physician Assistant at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

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.

Northwestern Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Northwestern Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Physician Assistant Master’s Program

88% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 22

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors 10,070 $105,140
Physician Assistants 2,670 $108,260

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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