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Physician Assistant at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Physician Assistant at University of Alabama at Birmingham

If you plan to study physician assistant, take a look at what University of Alabama at Birmingham has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 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.

UAB Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UAB Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Physician Assistant Master’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UAB, 75% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 51
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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Health Specialties Professors 1,960 $108,310
Physician Assistants 750 $92,880

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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