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Physician Assistant at Tufts University

Physician Assistant at Tufts University

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

Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 12,219.

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.

Tufts Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Tufts Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Tufts

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

Tufts Physician Assistant Master’s Program

82% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Tufts, 74% 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 Tufts University with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 37
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 MA, the home state for Tufts University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Physician Assistants 3,720 $108,700
Health Specialties Professors 3,460 $111,230

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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