by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 11,351 people earned their degree in physician assistant, making the major the 71st most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 1,216 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in physician assistant. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physician assistant.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Penn College is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania list. Duquesne University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 35 bachelors’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Francis University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Francis University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It awarded 100 bachelors’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend King’s College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania list. King’s College PA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seton Hill University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Physician Assistant Major in Pennsylvania. This small school is located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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