Physician Assistant at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

What traits are you looking for in a physician assistant school? To help you decide if University of Washington - Seattle Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's physician assistant program.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149.

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.

 

UW Seattle Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physician Assistant

UW Seattle Physician Assistant Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physician assistant programs across the country. The following shows how UW Seattle performed in these rankings.

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 UW Seattle 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	1
Best Physician Assistant Trade Schools	2
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Best Value Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools	3
Most Popular Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	8
Most Popular Physician Assistant Trade Schools	9
Most Focused Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	11
Most Focused Physician Assistant Trade Schools	12

Physician Assistant Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Physician Assistant Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 physician assistant students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UW Seattle, about 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical physician assistant bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physician assistant at UW Seattle are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physician assistant bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Physician Assistants	2,470	$123,980

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.