Each year, in Connecticut, an average of 78 students graduate with credentials in physician assisting. If you too are interested in studying physician assisting, Connecticut has 3 physician assistant schools from which you can choose. At physician assistant schools in Connecticut, you can expect to pay $31,455 per year in tuition for a degree in physician assisting.
Connecticut's largest physician assistant school, which is located in Hamden, is Quinnipiac University. Approximately 44 students graduated with a physician assisting degree from Quinnipiac University in 2009, which was 56% of the total state physician assisting graduates for that year. Tuition at Quinnipiac University, was $32,400 per year in 2010.
A majority of those with an education in physician assisting pursue a career as a physician assistant. If after graduation, you are planning on sticking around the state, you should keep in mind that the job outlook for physician assisting graduates in Connecticut is good. In Connecticut, there are currently about 1,590 physician assistants. And the government projects that this number will increase by 23%, or to 1,960 physician assistants by the year 2018.
As a physician assistant in Connecticut you can expect to earn anywhere from less than $66,424 per year to more than $124,124 per year. But the median salary for physician assistants earn $94,754 per year, in Connecticut.
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Yale University
Address:
New Haven, Connecticut 06520
Awards Offered:
Bachelor's degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master's degree
Post-master's certificate
Quinnipiac University
Address:
Mt Carmel Ave, Hamden, Connecticut 06518
Awards Offered:
Bachelor's degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master's degree
University of Bridgeport
Address:
126 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604-5620
Awards Offered:
Less than 1 year certificate
Associate's degree
Bachelor's degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master's degree
Post-master's certificate