Most Popular Schools for Physician Assistant Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to practice medicine, including diagnoses and treatment therapies, under the supervision of a physician. Includes instruction in the basic medical and clinical sciences and specialized preparation in fields such as family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, general surgery, psychiatry, and behavioral medicine; the delivery of health care services to homebound patients, rural populations, and underserved populations; and community health services.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Nova Southeastern University	244	5%	$50,597
2	MCPHS University	236	14%	$55,120
3	Touro College	186	5%	$37,436
4	Thomas Jefferson University	144	7%	$59,762
5	St John's University-New York	131	4%	$61,408
6	Saint Francis University	105	15%	$53,700
7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	104	1%	$27,638
8	Arcadia University	103	11%	$59,980
9	Barry University	100	6%	$46,898
10	A T Still University of Health Sciences	98	24%	N/A
11	Western University of Health Sciences	96	36%	N/A
12	Pace University	95	3%	$66,499
13	Duke University	93	2%	$74,339
14	Lincoln Memorial University	92	8%	$36,880
15	Wake Forest University	89	4%	$71,638
16	The University of Texas Medical Branch	89	10%	N/A
17	Midwestern University-Glendale	89	23%	N/A
18	Duquesne University	88	4%	$54,364
19	Marywood University	88	10%	$51,960
20	South College	83	19%	$17,873
21	Midwestern University-Downers Grove	83	29%	N/A
22	Eastern Virginia Medical School	82	29%	N/A
23	Springfield College	81	9%	$53,244
24	University of Alabama at Birmingham	78	2%	$26,336
25	University of Wisconsin-Madison	76	1%	$26,025
26	Lock Haven University	76	8%	$26,893
27	Drexel University	76	1%	$70,223
28	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	75	1%	$20,471
29	University of Nebraska Medical Center	74	10%	N/A
30	DeSales University	74	9%	$54,020
31	Le Moyne College	74	7%	$51,100
32	Chatham University	72	13%	$52,131
33	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center	72	9%	N/A
34	University of North Texas Health Science Center	72	15%	N/A
35	Wagner College	71	11%	$64,382
36	South University-Savannah	70	17%	$18,514
37	Butler University	69	7%	$59,660
38	Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	69	27%	N/A
39	Idaho State University	68	3%	$21,548
40	D'Youville College	68	10%	$43,174
41	Rochester Institute of Technology	68	2%	$57,401
42	George Washington University	66	1%	$71,930
43	King's College	64	13%	$54,046
44	Mercy College	62	2%	$38,200
45	Hofstra University	61	2%	$63,748
46	Touro University Nevada	60	36%	N/A
47	Medical University of South Carolina	59	11%	N/A
48	University of Florida	59	0%	$21,211
49	Foothill College	59	3%	$3,078
50	University of Southern California	58	0%	$74,825
51	Stony Brook University	57	1%	$26,091
52	Gannon University	57	5%	$48,464
53	University of Kentucky	55	1%	$30,101
54	Marquette University	55	2%	$58,057
55	Pacific University	55	6%	$59,490
56	Daemen College	55	6%	$43,995
57	New York Institute of Technology	54	3%	$58,496
58	Emory University	53	1%	$69,502
59	Seton Hill University	53	11%	$51,432
60	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	52	17%	N/A
61	University of New England	51	4%	$56,560
62	Wayne State University	50	1%	$27,157
63	University of Iowa	50	1%	$24,239
64	Tufts University	50	2%	$73,500
65	Bethel University	50	5%	$31,570
66	Northern Arizona University	50	1%	$27,266
67	Quinnipiac University	50	2%	$65,300
68	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	50	3%	N/A
69	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	49	2%	$25,147
70	Ohio Dominican University	48	10%	$45,220
71	Miami Dade College	48	0%	$4,338
72	Augusta University	48	3%	$21,254
73	Wingate University	47	9%	$48,746
74	Mercer University	47	2%	$52,488
75	Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center	47	37%	N/A
76	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	47	1%	$29,357
77	Wichita State University	46	1%	$24,042
78	Trevecca Nazarene University	46	6%	$39,484
79	Touro University California	46	16%	N/A
80	University of Utah	45	1%	$24,472
81	Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions	45	83%	N/A
82	Samuel Merritt University	44	5%	N/A
83	Campbell University	44	3%	$49,640
84	Grand Valley State University	43	1%	$24,948
85	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	42	15%	N/A
86	Florida International University	42	0%	$23,506
87	Oregon Health & Science University	42	6%	N/A
88	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	42	0%	$32,443
89	Shenandoah University	41	5%	$47,000
90	Long Island University	41	1%	$56,283
91	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	41	1%	$22,537
92	Salus University	41	19%	N/A
93	University of Maryland, Baltimore	40	3%	N/A
94	Anne Arundel Community College	40	2%	$5,932
95	Jefferson College of Health Sciences	40	10%	$44,536
96	University of Detroit Mercy	40	3%	$41,226
97	University of South Alabama	40	1%	$21,706
98	MGH Institute of Health Professions	40	10%	N/A
99	Albany Medical College	40	51%	N/A
100	Baylor College of Medicine	40	53%	N/A

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Physician Assistant program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.