Physician Assistant at Hofstra University

If you are interested in studying physician assistant, you may want to check out the program at Hofstra University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hofstra is located in Hempstead, New York and approximately 10,444 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physician Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

Hofstra Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Hofstra Physician Assistant Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physician assistant progam at Hofstra compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physician assistant major at Hofstra is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physician Assistant. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	9
Most Popular Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	9
Most Focused Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	9
Most Popular Physician Assistant Trade Schools	10
Most Focused Physician Assistant Trade Schools	10
	10
Best Value Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Physician Assistant Trade Schools	11
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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools	13

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Hofstra

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Hofstra University.

Hofstra Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in physician assistant from Hofstra in 2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physician assistant at Hofstra are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hofstra University with a bachelor's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Hofstra also has a doctoral program available in physician assistant. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

Careers That Physician Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in physician assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Hofstra University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dan14641 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.