Physician Assistant at Mercy College

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 Mercy College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547.

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.

Mercy Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Mercy Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Of the 57 physician assistant students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Mercy, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 NY, the home state for Mercy College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000

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 Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.