Physician Assistant at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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

UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 44,640.

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.

UW - Madison Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UW - Madison Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UW - Madison

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

UW - Madison Physician Assistant Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. UW - Madison does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from UW - Madison, 74% 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 Wisconsin - Madison with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Athletic Training

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Health Specialties Professors	5,200	$76,800
Physician Assistants	2,020	$107,920

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
• Image Credit: By Czar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.