Physician Assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a physician assistant school? To help you decide if Rochester Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physician assistant program.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158.

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.

RIT Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physician Assistant

RIT Physician Assistant Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the physician assistant progam at RIT 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 RIT 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
Most Popular Physician Assistant Trade Schools	3
Most Focused Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	4
Most Focused Physician Assistant Trade Schools	5
Best Physician Assistant Trade Schools	6
	6
Best Value Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physician assistant majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Program

The physician assistant program at RIT awarded 66 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physician assistant at RIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	60
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Electrocardiograph Technology/Technician
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician

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 Rochester Institute of Technology.

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 Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.