Physician Assistant at Pacific University
If you are interested in studying physician assistant, you may want to check out the program at Pacific University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 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.
Pacific Physician Assistant Degrees Available
- Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant
Pacific Physician Assistant Rankings
Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Pacific
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Pacific University.
Pacific Physician Assistant Master’s Program
Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Pacific, 71% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific University with a master's in physician assistant.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 11 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
White | 42 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Related Majors
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 Pacific 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.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By M.O. Stevens under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.