2024 Best Physician Assistant Schools in Georgia
5
Colleges in Georgia
233
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Physician Assistant is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #71 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for physician assistant students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 233 degrees in physician assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Choosing a Great Physician Assistant School
The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for physician assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Physician Assistant Rankings by Degree Level
The physician assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Physician Assistant Schools in Georgia.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
Best Schools for Physician Assistant in Georgia
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the physician assistant degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Georgia Schools in Physician Assistant
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In GA
52
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Emory University is a great option for students interested in a degree in physician assistant. Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were approximately 52 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from Emory University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In GA
70
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
It's difficult to beat Mercer University if you want to pursue a degree in physician assistant. Mercer is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Macon. This university ranks 4th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were approximately 70 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Mercer in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from Mercer University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In GA
41
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Any student who is interested in physician assistant has to take a look at Augusta University. Augusta University is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Augusta. This university ranks 18th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 41 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Augusta University in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from Augusta University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In GA
70
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Every student pursuing a degree in physician assistant has to look into South University, Savannah. Located in the midsize city of Savannah, South University, Savannah is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 70 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at South University, Savannah in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from South University, Savannah
MSM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a degree in physician assistant from Morehouse School of Medicine
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