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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant in Missouri

5 Ranked Colleges
213 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master's in Missouri

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 Master’s in Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 213 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 213 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 a Master’s in Missouri”.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Missouri.

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

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State University - Springfield are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Missouri State

#2

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephens College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. Stephens College is a small school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 26 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stephens, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stephens College are $9,165, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. SLU is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 39 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SLU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. UMKC is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 21 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend A T Still University of Health Sciences. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. A T Still University of Health Sciences is located in Kirksville, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 99 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

A T Still University of Health Sciences did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at A T Still University of Health Sciences are $37,486.

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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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