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Physician Assistant at Samuel Merritt University

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

Samuel Merritt University is located in Oakland, California and approximately 2,050 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.

Samuel Merritt University Physician Assistant Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant

Samuel Merritt University Physician Assistant Rankings

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Physician Assistant Student Demographics at Samuel Merritt University

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

Samuel Merritt University Physician Assistant Master’s Program

74% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The physician assistant program at Samuel Merritt University awarded 42 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 26% of these degrees went to men with the other 74% going to women.

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In the physician assistant master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% 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 Samuel Merritt University with a master's in physician assistant.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

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 CA, the home state for Samuel Merritt University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Health Specialties Professors 11,540 $161,770
Physician Assistants 10,520 $117,230

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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