Physician Assistant at Wayne State University

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

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241.

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.

Wayne State Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Wayne State Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Wayne State

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

Wayne State 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. Wayne State 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 Wayne State, 89% 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 Wayne State University with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020
Physician Assistants	4,490	$110,240

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 Del arte under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.