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Physician Assistant at University of Nevada - Reno

Physician Assistant at University of Nevada - Reno

24 Master's Degrees
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 University of Nevada - Reno stacks up to those at other schools.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 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.

UNR Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UNR Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Physician Assistant Master’s Program

58% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UNR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

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In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Health Specialties Professors 1,190 $95,720
Physician Assistants 650 $116,850

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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