Physician Assistant at Yale University

What traits are you looking for in a physician assistant school? To help you decide if Yale University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physician assistant program.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 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.

Yale Physician Assistant Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Yale Physician Assistant Rankings

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Physician Assistant Master’s Program

65% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Yale, 68% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Yale University with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	77
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Physician Assistants	2,300	$125,610

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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