If you pursue a degree in physician assistant, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #71 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of physician assistant. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 124 degrees in physician assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. For our Best Overall Physician Assistant School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physician Assistant Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of physician assistant degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Red Rocks Community College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in physician assistant. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood, Red Rocks Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 19th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 31 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Red Rocks Community College in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Colorado Mesa University if you wish to pursue a degree in physician assistant. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Grand Junction. This university ranks 28th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 15 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mesa in the most recent data year.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in physician assistant. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #585 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CU Anschutz is a great university overall.
There were roughly 47 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Rocky Vista University if you want to pursue a degree in physician assistant. Located in the large suburb of Parker, Rocky Vista University is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 31 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Rocky Vista University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. For our Best Overall Physician Assistant School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
