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Physician Assistant at University of Missouri - Kansas City

Physician Assistant at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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

UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and approximately 16,147 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.

UMKC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UMKC Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UMKC

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

UMKC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

90% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 10% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UMKC, 70% 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 30% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 14
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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Health Specialties Professors 4,710 $148,840
Physician Assistants 1,070 $94,480

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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