2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Physician Assistant for a Master’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Physician Assistant for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Nevada, there were 92 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Physician Assistant for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physician assistant programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Physician Assistant for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Physician Assistant for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Nevada

1

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, Nevada

669 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Physician Assistant for a Master’s. UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

UNR also took the #2 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” ranking.Among the 20,722 students enrolled at UNR, 669 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 351 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,493. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UNR]](/colleges/university-of-nevada-reno/student-life/veterans/)

2

Touro University Nevada
Henderson, Nevada

17 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$14,340 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Touro University Nevada. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Physician Assistant for a Master’s list. Touro University Nevada is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henderson, Nevada. The school has a small population, and it awarded 68 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Touro University Nevada did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list.Among the 1,687 students enrolled at Touro University Nevada, 17 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,340. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.