Physician Assistant at Mississippi College

If you plan to study physician assistant, take a look at what Mississippi College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and approximately 4,667 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.

MC Physician Assistant Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

MC Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at MC

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

MC Physician Assistant Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students earned a master's degree in physician assistant from MC. About 65% of these graduates were women and the other 35% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in physician assistant each year. MC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a physician assistant master's degree from MC, 81% 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 Mississippi College with a master's in physician assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Physician Assistants	200	$81,130

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 Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.