Physician Assistant at Towson University

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 Towson University stacks up to those at other schools.

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and approximately 21,917 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.

Towson Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Towson Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Physician Assistant Master’s Program

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. Towson 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 Towson, 56% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Athletic Training

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Physician Assistants	3,040	$108,180

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.