Certified Physician Assistant Programs

Midwestern University

• Midwestern University offers a physician assistant program at two locations: Glendale, Arizona and Downers Grove, Illinois. Both programs confer a master’s of medical science at completion of the 27-month program. Admissions requirements for both programs include a bachelor’s degree, biology with lab, general and organic chemistry with lab, college algebra, English composition and social science. The Downers Grove program requires an additional prerequisite course in statistics. Both programs also require Graduate Record exam scores. Downers Grove expects minimum percentile scores of verbal 62, quantitative 60 and analytical 51; while Glendale requires verbal 63, quantitative 63 and analytical 56.

  Midwestern University, Downers Grove

  555 31st St

  Downers Grove, IL 60515

  630-969-4400

  Midwestern University, Glendale

  19555 North 59th Ave

  Glendale, AZ 85308

  623-572-3200

  Midwestern.edu

University of Southern California

• The primary care physician assistant program at the University of Southern California confers a master of physician assistant practice. Students matriculate in the fall and attend the program for 33 months. Mandatory prerequisite courses include general biology with lab, general chemistry with lab, one of anatomy, physiology or microbiology with lab, statistics, introductory psychology, English composition and at least two semesters of beginning Spanish. Other requirements include a bachelor’s degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, community service and three letters of recommendation. Applicants may choose to submit either Graduate Record Exam scores, with a minimum combined score of 1000, or Medical College Admission Test scores (minimum not specified), for the entrance exam requirement.

  University of Southern California

  Health Sciences Campus

  Los Angeles, CA 90089

  323-442-1100

  usc.edu

Emory University

• Applicants for the physician assistant program at Emory University must have a bachelor’s degree, a minimum of 2,000 hours of health care work experience, Graduate Record Exam scores (minimum scores not specified) and completed prerequisites courses in general biology, general chemistry and organic or biochemistry. Students matriculate in August of each year, complete the program in 28 months and receive a master’s in medical science. The program also offers a dual degree program for physician assistant students also interested in obtaining a master’s of public health degree.

  Emory University

  201 Dowman Dr

  Atlanta, GA 30322

  404-727-6123

  emory.edu