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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

8 Ranked Colleges
273 Degrees Awarded
$23,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Physician Assistant is the 76th most popular major in the country with 10,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,818 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 273 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in physician assistant. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physician assistant programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

D'Youville College

Buffalo, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend D’Youville College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. D’Youville College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 32 bachelors’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

D’Youville College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for D’Youville College is $13,992 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Physician Assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at D’Youville College

#2

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Old Westbury, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

NYIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NYIT is $19,006 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full New York Institute of Technology Physician Assistant Report

#3

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 63 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

Duquesne also made our “Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Duquesne University is $22,713 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Duquesne Physician Assistant Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s University - New York landed the #4 spot on the list. STJ is a private not-for-profit institution located in Queens, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 71 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

STJ also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St John’s University - New York is $25,253 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at STJ

#5

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Williamsport, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s physician assistant degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Penn College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $22,081 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Physician Assistant students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Penn College.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Penn College

#6

Saint Francis University

Loretto, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Saint Francis University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Saint Francis University is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

Saint Francis also made our “Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Francis is $23,794 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Physician Assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Saint Francis University

#6 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

RIT also took the #6 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rochester Institute of Technology is $27,289 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at RIT

#8

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York
#9 in overall quality

Hofstra University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Hofstra University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hempstead, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hofstra also took the #9 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hofstra is $30,662 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Physician Assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Hofstra Physician Assistant Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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