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Physician Assistant at University of Kentucky

Physician Assistant at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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.

UK Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UK Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Physician Assistant Master’s Program

79% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UK, 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 University of Kentucky with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 47
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Health Specialties Professors 2,070 $64,560
Physician Assistants 1,070 $91,010

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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