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2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
320 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master's in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physician assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 $75-$110k” 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. JMU is a large school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 27 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

JMU also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at James Madison University are $29,544, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full James Madison University Physician Assistant Report

#2

Radford University

Radford, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Radford University landed the #2 spot on the list. Radford University is a fairly large school located in Radford, Virginia that handed out 42 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Radford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Radford are $21,382.

Full Radford Physician Assistant Report

#3

Mary Baldwin University

Staunton, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mary Baldwin University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k. Mary Baldwin is located in Staunton, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

Mary Baldwin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mary Baldwin are $13,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physician Assistant at Mary Baldwin

#4

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Lynchburg landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified masters’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

Lynchburg also took the #5 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 University of Lynchburg are $11,711.

Read more about Physician Assistant at University of Lynchburg

#5

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winchester, Virginia. It awarded 49 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Shenandoah not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Shenandoah University are $23,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Physician Assistant at Shenandoah

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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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