2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,746 people earned their degree in physician assistant, making the major the 76th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physician assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree physician assistant students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (With Aid)

#1

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$4,842 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Dade College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physician assistant degrees to 53 students in 2019-2020.

MDC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MDC is $4,842 for Associate Degree Physician Assistant students with aid.

Full MDC Physician Assistant Report

#2

Dodge City Community College

Dodge City, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$4,506 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Dodge City Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dodge City, Kansas, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

Dodge City Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physician Assistant Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $4,506 for associate degree physician assistant students with aid per year to attend Dodge City Community College.

Full Dodge City Community College Physician Assistant Report

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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