Address & Contact
Our Address
179 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115
GPS
42.33759, -71.10199
Telephone
✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants
Summarized from the program’s official admissions / selection-process pages. Always confirm current details on the program’s website.
★ Straight From the Program — 2026 PAEA Virtual Admissions Fair
The admissions team gave a usefully concrete definition of patient-care experience: a role where you are directly responsible for a patient’s care — procedures, triage and evaluation, bedside care, phlebotomy, EKGs, vitals, treatment-related duties — with common examples including EMT, CNA/LNA, patient-care technician, medical assistant and home health aide. Patient-care hours are counted as of the moment you submit, not as of when you’re reviewed, so timing your submission matters. They also flagged an important CASPA constraint: once your application is verified, the program cannot update your hours or other details — make sure everything is accurate before verification.
Shared by this program’s admissions team at the PAEA Virtual PA Admissions Fair on July 11, 2026, and paraphrased here. Admissions guidance changes between cycles — always confirm requirements, deadlines and prerequisites on the program’s official website.
MCPHS University (Boston) PA Program Mission Statement
The mission of MCPHS PA Boston is to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in and lead interprofessional healthcare teams while providing quality and compassionate medical care to diverse patients across the lifespan.
PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Accredited Status: Continuing Accreditation
- Campus Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Degrees Offered: Masters
- Class Start Month: September
- Class Duration: 30 months
- Class Capacity: 100 students
- Decision Criteria: Matched to mission academic ability and understanding role of physician assistant, personal interview, personal statement
- Seat Deposit: $750
- International Students: Not Accepted
- TOEFL: Required
- Direct Entry / Dual Degree: Yes (BS-MS) — 3+3 BS Premedical Health Studies + MPAS (Boston campus). Meeting the minimums guarantees an INTERVIEW, not a seat; a CASPA application is still required.
TUITION
- Resident tuition: $150,000
- Nonresident tuition: $150,000
PANCE PASS RATE
- First-time PANCE pass rate: 84%
- Five year first-time PANCE pass rate: 91%
APPLICATION INFORMATION
- Caspa Participant: Yes
- Application Deadline: September
- Multiple Start Dates: January, August and September — January start: apply by January 15, 2027; August start: apply by September 1, 2026; September start: apply by September 1, 2026. Each cohort has its own CASPA deadline; confirm with the program.
- Supplemental Application: Supplemental Application Not Required
- CASPA Deadline Type: Completed
- Fee: $1
GPA
- Overall GPA: 3.0
- Science GPA: 3.0
- Prereq GPA: 3.0
- Prerequisite GPA: Minimum grade of C required for all prerequisites
- Prerequisite completion: must be completed within 10 year(s)
EXPERIENCE
- Healthcare Experience Hours: Recommended
SHADOWING
EVALUATIONS
- Three recommendation letters required (view program website for evaluator requirements)
GRE
- See Program Website
CASPer
- CASPer Not Required
- For more information on CASPer click here
PA-CAT
- PA-CAT Not Required
- For more information on PA-CAT click here
