Physician Assistant at Southern California University of Health Sciences

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

SCU is located in Whittier, California and has a total student population of 1,225.

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.

SCU Physician Assistant Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

SCU Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at SCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Southern California University of Health Sciences.

SCU Physician Assistant Master’s Program

61% Women

70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. SCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 43% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 CA, the home state for Southern California University of Health Sciences.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Physician Assistants	10,520	$117,230

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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