2024 Best Physician Assistant Master's Degree Schools in Arizona

Physician Assistant is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #17 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for physician assistant students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 143 master's degrees in physician assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to physician assistant students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other physician assistant students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physician assistant related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for physician assistant students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Physician Assistant Schools

The physician assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Physician Assistant Master's Degree Schools in Arizona.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Physician Assistant in Arizona

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in physician assistant.

Top Arizona Schools for a Master's in Physician Assistant

1

Midwestern University - Glendale
Glendale, AZ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

92 Annual Graduates

Midwestern University - Glendale is a great decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in physician assistant. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Glendale.More information about a master’s in physician assistant from Midwestern University - Glendale

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

51 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in physician assistant needs to look into Northern Arizona University. NAU is a very large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff.More information about a master’s in physician assistant from Northern Arizona University

 

Best Physician Assistant Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Physician Assistant Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	542	506
Oklahoma	257	107
New Mexico	160	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant is one of 23 different types of Allied Health Professions programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist	31
Athletic Training	15

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.