Physician Assistant at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and has a total student population of 9,313.

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.

Sacred Heart Physician Assistant Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Sacred Heart Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Physician Assistant Master’s Program

69% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Sacred Heart does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Sacred Heart, 67% 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 Sacred Heart University with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	26
International Students	0
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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Physician Assistants	2,300	$125,610

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
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