2025 Best Physician Assistant Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Physician Assistant is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #403 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Physician Assistant Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 bachelor's degrees in physician assistant during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to physician assistant students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of physician assistant students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physician assistant related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for physician assistant students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Physician Assistant Schools

The physician assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Physician Assistant Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Physician Assistant in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in physician assistant.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Physician Assistant

1

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Western Michigan University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in physician assistant. WMU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo.More information about a bachelor’s in physician assistant from Western Michigan University

2

Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH

34 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Cleveland State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in physician assistant. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Cleveland.More information about a bachelor’s in physician assistant from Cleveland State University

Best Physician Assistant Colleges by State

Explore the best physician assistant colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	1
Ohio	612	31
Illinois	558	0
Wisconsin	435	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physician Assistant

One of 23 majors within the Allied Health Professions area of study, Physician Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Physician Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	332
Radiologic Technology	230
Respiratory Care Therapy	212
Athletic Training	172
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	137
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	68
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	31
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	24
Surgical Technology	18
Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician	12

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.