2025 Best Physician Assistant Schools in Connecticut
4Colleges in Connecticut
276Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Ranked #71 in popularity, physician assistant is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for physician assistant students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 276 degrees in physician assistant to qualified students.
The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. We derive our Best Overall Physician Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physician Assistant Schools in Connecticut ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Physician Assistant in Connecticut
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physician assistant degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat Quinnipiac University if you wish to pursue a degree in physician assistant. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Hamden. A Best Colleges rank of #162 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Quinnipiac is a great university overall.
There were about 50 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Sacred Heart University if you wish to pursue a degree in physician assistant. Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #321 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Sacred Heart is a great university overall.
There were about 41 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent data year.
University of Saint Joseph is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in physician assistant. Located in the city of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 45 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at USJ in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in physician assistant has to check out University of Bridgeport. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Bridgeport. This university ranks 18th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 38 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at UBridgeport in the most recent data year.
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).
The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. We derive our Best Overall Physician Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
