2025 Best Physician Assistant Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 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 Pennsylvania.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Physician Assistant in Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Physician Assistant

1

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

Duquesne University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in physician assistant. Duquesne is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in physician assistant from Duquesne University

2

Saint Francis University
Loretto, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Saint Francis University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in physician assistant. Located in the rural area of Loretto, Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in physician assistant from Saint Francis University

Best Physician Assistant Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Physician Assistant Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	255
Maryland	370	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	129
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	110
Athletic Training	64
Respiratory Care Therapy	56
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	25
Radiologic Technology	23
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	15

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.