Physician Assistant at Emory University

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

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,997.

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.

Emory Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Emory Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Emory

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

Emory Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 52 students who graduated with a master’s in physician assistant from Emory in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Emory, 62% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy

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 GA, the home state for Emory University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400
Physician Assistants	3,470	$103,190

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 Mpspqr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.