by our College Data Analytics TeamPhysician Assistant is a concentration offered under the allied health professions major at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in physician assistant, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UTHSC paid an average of $1,274 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $712 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 | $12,798 | $23,000 |
| Fees | $1,382 | $1,430 |
UTHSC 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 UTHSC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 72.4% of the physician assistant students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 74.2%.
Around 34.5% of physician assistant master’s degree recipients at UTHSC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 17 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.