2570 48th Street Sacremento, California 95817
38.552421825823615, -121.45033238332393
Sacramento, California · Masters
A 27-month Sacramento PA program with 1,000 hands-on patient-care hours, a 3.00 bachelor-degree GPA minimum, and a 3.00 science-prerequisite GPA.
To educate health care professionals to deliver care as leaders and members of interprofessional health care teams as well as to improve the availability of culturally relevant primary health care to underserved populations throughout California.
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Strongly mission-driven toward underserved/diverse California populations. Comprehensive holistic review. Most competitive applicants 'possess unique backgrounds and attributes that align with the school's values' - e.g. first in family to attend college, speak more than one language, from a health shortage area, graduated from a high school with low graduation rates, military background. Additional consideration for those who received childhood federal/state assistance, whose childhood was in an isolated/rural county, and those from Northern and Central California.
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Courses shown as alternatives in the table are not all required. Confirm the accepted route with the program.
| Course | Credits | Lab | Min grade | Your coursework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Anatomy with lab | 3Semester or quarter units as published; at least 3 per full course | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
| Human Physiology with lab | 3Semester or quarter units as published; at least 3 per full course | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
| Combined Human A&P I and II with labs2 course(s) Each full semester/quarter course must be at least three units. | 6Semester or quarter units as published; at least 3 per full course | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
| Organic Chemistry with lab Introductory Organic Chemistry does not qualify. | 3Semester or quarter units as published; at least 3 per full course | Required | C | Sign in to plan →This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| Biochemistry with lab | 3Semester or quarter units as published; at least 3 per full course | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
| Microbiology or Bacteriology with lab | 3Semester or quarter units as published; at least 3 per full course | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
| English Composition | 3Semester or quarter units as published; at least 3 per full course | Not required | C | Sign in to plan |
Social Sciences coursework2 course(s)Course notes & alternativesTwo courses of at least three units each; same or different social-science areas. | 6Semester or quarter units as published; at least 3 per full course | Not required | C | Sign in to plan →This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
Human A&P within five years of application; animal/mammalian/vertebrate courses do not qualify. Each prerequisite is a full semester or quarter course with at least three units. Online accredited courses accepted; high-school AP does not fulfill prerequisites. If only one part of a combined A&P sequence is completed, the program permits an additional separate Human Anatomy or Human Physiology course; confirm content coverage and equivalency before using that mixed route.
When courses must be complete: No prerequisite courses may be in progress when application is submitted.
Projected from the program’s statement that Summer 2028 applications open in Spring 2027 and close August 1 annually. The page does not print “August 1, 2027” verbatim, so confirm the exact cycle date.
Projected from the currently published September 30 degree-conferral deadline; confirm the exact cycle year.
Projected from the program’s published late-June annual start.
New students entering 2026: UC Davis Budget and Institutional Analysis publishes a $177,165 cohort program fee covering the instructional program and Access to Student Services fee; health insurance is additional. Tuition alone, the included fee component and residency-specific rates are not separately itemized. The previous $172,696 School of Nursing budget is a historical planning figure, not confirmed current tuition.
New students entering 2026: UC Davis Budget and Institutional Analysis publishes a $177,165 cohort program fee covering the instructional program and Access to Student Services fee; health insurance is additional. Tuition alone, the included fee component and residency-specific rates are not separately itemized. The previous $172,696 School of Nursing budget is a historical planning figure, not confirmed current tuition.
Sacramento-based academic study and simulation emphasize cases, interprofessional care, leadership and health equity.
Eight required five-week experiences across California include core specialties and a selective/elective, with quarterly campus returns.
The Sacramento-based UC Davis PA program spans 27 months. Faculty arrange placements; at least one rural assignment outside Sacramento is required.
Cohort year and experience averages need verification.
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