Physician Assistant

Ranked in 2011 | Physician Assistant Rankings Methodology

Physician assistants have many of the same responsibilities as doctors, though they work under a physician's or surgeon's supervision. A PA can diagnose a patient and prescribe treatment. These are the top physician assistant schools.

Rank	School name	Score
#1	Duke University Durham, NC	4.4
#2	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	4.3
#2	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	4.3
#4	Emory University Atlanta, GA	4.1
#4	George Washington University Washington, DC	4.1
#6	Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX	4.0
#6	Oregon Health and Sciences University Portland, OR	4.0
#8	University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–Newark Piscataway, NJ	3.9
#8	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas Dallas, TX	3.9
#8	University of Washington Seattle, WA	3.9
#11	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	3.8
#11	University of Colorado–Denver Aurora, CO	3.8
#13	Interservice Physician Assistant Program Fort Sam Houston, TX	3.7
#13	Northeastern University Boston, MA	3.7
#13	Stony Brook University–SUNY Stony Brook, NY	3.7
#16	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	3.6
#16	University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK	3.6
#18	Philadelphia University Philadelphia, PA	3.5
#18	University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio San Antonio, TX	3.5
#18	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	3.5
#18	Yale University New Haven, CT	3.5
#22	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	3.4
#22	Midwestern University Glendale, AZ	3.4
#22	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	3.4
#25	DeSales University Center Valley, PA	3.3

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