Physician Assistant at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 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.

UNM Physician Assistant Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UNM Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UNM

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

UNM Physician Assistant Master’s Program

67% Women

47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UNM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UNM, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	8
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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Physician Assistants	680	$108,610

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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