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Physician Assistant at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

Physician Assistant at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

Every physician assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physician assistant program at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center stacks up to those at other schools.

UTHSC is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 3,181.

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.

UTHSC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UTHSC Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UTHSC

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

UTHSC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

83% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UTHSC, 66% 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 31% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Health Specialties Professors 5,690 $102,310
Physician Assistants 2,010 $87,700

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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