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Physician Assistant at University of South Dakota

Physician Assistant at University of South Dakota

26 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 South Dakota stacks up to those at other schools.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 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.

USD Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

USD Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Physician Assistant Master’s Program

72% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. USD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from USD, 88% 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 South Dakota with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 22
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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Physician Assistants 540 $102,830
Health Specialties Professors 160 $95,150

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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