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2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

5 Ranked Colleges
230 Degrees Awarded
$27,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master's in Connecticut

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Connecticut, there were 230 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 230 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree physician assistant students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant in Connecticut

#1

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. Quinnipiac University is a medium-sized school located in Hamden, Connecticut that handed out 49 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Quinnipiac not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Quinnipiac University are $20,090, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Quinnipiac University

#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Saint Joseph landed the #2 spot on the list. USJ is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

USJ also took the #4 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USJ are $15,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Saint Joseph Physician Assistant Report

#3

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 38 degrees to qualified masters’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

UBridgeport not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Bridgeport are $21,686.

Full University of Bridgeport Physician Assistant Report

#4

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the #4 spot on the list. Sacred Heart University is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sacred Heart, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sacred Heart are $34,806, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Sacred Heart University

#5

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. Yale is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 71 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our connecticut master’s degree physician assistant students list, Yale has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Yale

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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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