by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in New Jersey for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 11,351 people earned their degree in physician assistant, making the major the 71st most popular in the United States.
Across New Jersey, there were 81 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 81 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in New Jersey for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in physician assistant.
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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 “Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in New Jersey for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree physician assistant students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in New Jersey for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Seton Hall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in South Orange, New Jersey. It awarded 53 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in New Jersey for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Monmouth University landed the #2 spot on the list. Monmouth is a medium-sized school located in West Long Branch, New Jersey that handed out 25 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in New Jersey for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 3 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in New Jersey for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kean University landed the #4 spot on the list. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physician assistant degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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