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2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
320 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master's in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Virginia, there were 604 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 320 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in physician assistant. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physician assistant programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $48-$75k) in Virginia

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Harrisonburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physician assistant degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at JMU are $29,544, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Radford University

Radford, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Radford University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k. Radford University is a fairly large public school situated in Radford, Virginia. It awarded 42 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Radford also took the #4 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Radford University are $21,382.

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#3

Mary Baldwin University

Staunton, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mary Baldwin University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Mary Baldwin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Staunton, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mary Baldwin also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mary Baldwin University are $13,140.

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#4

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Lynchburg. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k. Lynchburg is a small school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 27 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Lynchburg did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lynchburg are $11,711, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Shenandoah University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 49 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia master’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $48-$75k list, Shenandoah has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Shenandoah are $23,040.

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#6

South University, Richmond

Glen Allen, Virginia
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, South University, Richmond did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Glen Allen, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s physician assistant degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

South University, Richmond also took the #7 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South University, Richmond are $16,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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