Physician Assistant at University of New England

If you are interested in studying physician assistant, you may want to check out the program at University of New England. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNE is located in Biddeford, Maine and approximately 7,208 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.

UNE Physician Assistant Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UNE Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UNE

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

UNE Physician Assistant Master’s Program

69% Women

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UNE does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UNE, 84% 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 New England with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 ME, the home state for University of New England.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Physician Assistants	720	$110,030

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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