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Physician Assistant at Samuel Merritt University

Physician Assistant at Samuel Merritt University

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

Samuel Merritt University is located in Oakland, California and has a total student population of 2,050.

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

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*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of physician assistant master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in physician assistant each year. Samuel Merritt University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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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 18% 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 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 15
International Students 1
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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