Physician Assistant at Mercer University

Every physician assistant school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the physician assistant program at Mercer University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and has a total student population of 9,006.

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.

Mercer Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Mercer Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Mercer

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

Mercer Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 70 students who earned a master's degree in Physician Assistant from Mercer in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from Mercer, 76% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	53
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Athletic Training

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 Mercer 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 Korea2006 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.