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Physician Assistant at Oregon Health & Science University

Physician Assistant at Oregon Health & Science University

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

OHSU is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 3,035 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.

OHSU Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

OHSU Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at OHSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Oregon Health & Science University.

OHSU Physician Assistant Master’s Program

73% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. OHSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from OHSU, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 24
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 OR, the home state for Oregon Health & Science University.

Occupation Jobs in OR Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors 3,660 $145,380
Physician Assistants 1,530 $113,570

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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