Physician Assistant at Colorado Mesa University

If you are interested in studying physician assistant, you may want to check out the program at Colorado Mesa University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Colorado Mesa is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and approximately 9,110 students attend the school each year.

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.

Colorado Mesa Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Colorado Mesa Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Colorado Mesa

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

Colorado Mesa Physician Assistant Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 physician assistant majors earned their master's degree from Colorado Mesa. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Colorado Mesa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Surgical Technology
• Radiologic Technology

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 CO, the home state for Colorado Mesa University.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Health Specialties Professors	5,810	$144,880
Physician Assistants	3,190	$102,770

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 Cygnusloop99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.