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Physician Assistant at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Physician Assistant at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

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.

SIUC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SIUC does offer online courses in physician assistant for the following degree levels:

SIUC Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

76% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from SIUC, 82% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 31
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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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