by our College Data Analytics TeamPhysician Assistant is a concentration offered under the allied health professions major at East Carolina University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in physician assistant, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at ECU paid an average of $1,119 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $297 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,749 | $17,898 |
| Fees | $2,787 | $2,787 |
ECU does not offer an online option for its physician assistant master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the ECU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 84.8% of the physician assistant students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 74.2%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in physician assistant at ECU in 2019-2020, 12.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 29 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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