2024 Best Physician Assistant Schools in Tennessee
8Colleges in Tennessee
415Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Physician Assistant is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #71 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in Tennessee 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 415 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for physician assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Physician Assistant Schools in Tennessee list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the physician assistant degrees they offer, see the list below.
South College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in physician assistant. South College is a moderately-sized private for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.
There were roughly 84 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at South College in the most recent data year.
The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is a good option for students interested in a degree in physician assistant. Located in the large city of Memphis, UTHSC is a public university with a small student population.
There were approximately 29 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at UTHSC in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in physician assistant needs to take a look at Lincoln Memorial University. Located in the distant town of Harrogate, LMU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #947 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means LMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 122 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at LMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Lipscomb University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in physician assistant. Located in the city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #577 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Lipscomb is a great university overall.
There were roughly 33 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent data year.
Milligan is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Milligan. This university ranks 24th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 25 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Milligan in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of McKenzie, Bethel is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 21st out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 46 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Bethel in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Memphis, Christian Brothers is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 23 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Christian Brothers in the most recent year we have data available.
TNU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #1050 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means TNU is a great university overall.
There were about 53 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at TNU 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for physician assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
