2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,746 people earned their degree in physician assistant, making the major the 76th most popular in the United States.

Across Alabama, there were 122 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 119 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physician assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. UAB is a public institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 80 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physician Assistant at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 39 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

USA also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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