2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant

A doctor's degree in physician assistant is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #110 out of 815 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 389 doctor's degrees in physician assistant during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Physician Assistant School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in physician assistant matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for physician assistant, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for physician assistant.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Physician Assistant in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in physician assistant.

Most Well Attended Schools for Physician Assistant Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA

284 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In VA

#1 Best Quality In VA

University of Lynchburg is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physician assistant. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physician assistant in Virginia.

There were roughly 284 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Lynchburg in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in physician assistant from University of Lynchburg

2

Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate, TN

57 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TN

#1 Best Quality In TN

Lincoln Memorial University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in physician assistant. LMU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Harrogate. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physician assistant in Tennessee.

There were roughly 57 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at LMU in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in physician assistant from Lincoln Memorial University

3

Baylor University
Waco, TX

34 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TX

#1 Best Quality In TX

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in physician assistant needs to check out Baylor University. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physician assistant in Texas.

There were roughly 34 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in physician assistant from Baylor University

4

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Boston, MA

14 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In MA

#1 Best Quality In MA

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in physician assistant has to look into Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Located in the large city of Boston, MCPHS University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in physician assistant in Massachusetts.

There were roughly 14 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at MCPHS University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in physician assistant from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

5

Rocky Mountain College
Billings, MT

#1 Most Popular In MT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the medium-sized city of Billings, Rocky is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. More information about a doctorate in physician assistant from Rocky Mountain College

 

Physician Assistant by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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Physician Assistant Related Rankings by Major

Physician Assistant is one of 20 different types of Allied Health Professions programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Physician Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Athletic Training	63
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	12
Gene/Genetic Therapy	4
Radiologic Technology	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.