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2023 Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa

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153 Degrees Awarded
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Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physician Assistant is the 71st most popular major in the country with 11,351 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Iowa, there were 153 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in physician assistant.

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Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa physician assistant students.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center landed the #1 spot on the list. Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Des Moines, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 49 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Ambrose University landed the #2 spot on the list. Davenport, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s physician assistant degrees to 30 students 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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dubuque. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa. University of Dubuque is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dubuque, Iowa. It awarded 26 ’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa list. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 ’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Iowa Physician Assistant Report

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Northwestern College
Orange City, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physician Assistant Major in Iowa list. This small school is located in Orange City, Iowa, and it awarded 0 ’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Physician Assistant at NWC

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