GraduateSmart
GraduateSmart
A graduate-level clinical program preparing students to diagnose illness, develop treatment plans, prescribe medications, and perform medical procedures under physician supervision. Students complete rotations in surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, and emergency medicine. Graduates of an ARC-PA accredited program are eligible to apply to take the PANCE, and passing it earns NCCPA board certification and the PA-C designation; licensed PAs practice across all medical specialties.
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Plan for prior college study before this professional pathway. Check the program’s degree, prerequisite, and experience requirements before applying.
These are areas to develop, not a required GPA or a judgment about your ability. Exact prerequisites and admission standards come from each program.
PA programs typically expect undergraduate science preparation. For example, Duke’s 2026–2027 prerequisites include biology courses and chemistry courses with labs. Check each program’s exact courses.
Graduate PA coursework includes human anatomy, clinical medicine, and diagnosis, followed by clinical rotations.
PAs collect medical histories, explain treatment, and counsel patients and families.
Suggested activity
Compare the prerequisite and patient-care experience lists for two accredited PA programs. Identify science courses to complete and ask admissions which experience they accept.
This is graduate professional preparation. Applicants typically first complete a bachelor’s degree, science prerequisites, and patient-care experience; no single undergraduate major guarantees admission.
King's College
Private UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA · $44,100/yr · 93% admit
Saint Francis University
Private UniversityLoretto, PA · $44,000/yr · 77% admit
Seton Hill University
Private UniversityGreensburg, PA · $42,944/yr · 80% admit
LIU Post
Private UniversityBrookville, NY · $42,432/yr · 93% admit
Hofstra University
Private UniversityHempstead, NY · $57,660/yr · 69% admit
College of Staten Island CUNY
Public UniversityStaten Island, NY · $7,490/yr
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Public UniversityNew York City, NY
Wagner College
Private UniversityStaten Island, NY · $53,200/yr · 69% admit
St. Francis College
Private UniversityBrooklyn, NY · $28,775/yr · 84% admit
LIU Brooklyn
Private UniversityBrooklyn, NY · $42,432/yr · 93% admit
University of Washington
Public UniversitySeattle, WA · $12,973/yr · 48% admit
Touro University
Private UniversityNew York City, NY · $22,450/yr · 71% admit
CUNY York College
Public UniversityJamaica, NY · $7,358/yr · 59% admit
Cleveland State University
Public UniversityCleveland, OH · $12,988/yr · 85% admit
Duquesne University
Private UniversityPittsburgh, PA · $48,986/yr · 88% admit
St. John's University
Private UniversityJamaica, NY · $53,020/yr · 85% admit
Oakwood University
Private UniversityHuntsville, AL · $22,512/yr · 68% admit
D'Youville University
Private UniversityBuffalo, NY · $34,940/yr · 84% admit
City College of New York (CCNY)
Public UniversityNew York City, NY · $7,340/yr · 67% admit
Springfield College
Private UniversitySpringfield, MA · $45,174/yr · 76% admit
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Private UniversityRochester, NY · $59,274/yr · 67% admit
Northwestern University
Private UniversityEvanston, IL · $68,322/yr · 7% admit
Western Michigan University
Public UniversityKalamazoo, MI · $15,252/yr · 85% admit
Field of Study
Healthcare & Medicine
CIP Code
51.0912
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