University of Iowa 5167 Westlawn Iowa City, IA 52242-1110
41.665698372035855, -91.5455449162213
A 28-month Iowa PA program with 25 students, a 3.00 cumulative-GPA minimum, a 3.40 science pathway, and 1,000 required direct patient-health-care hours.
The University of Iowa PA Program educates exemplary individuals from unique backgrounds who provide high-quality, compassionate health care.
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Reviews academic performance, healthcare experience, recommendations and personal narrative. Interview assesses readiness and understanding of the PA role. Rolling offers; applicant decisions by February 1.
Summarized from the program’s admissions information. Confirm current selection criteria with the program.
Program admissions informationOrientation, panels, campus tour, MMI and debrief. Listed 2026 sessions span July–December.
Source checked Sep 13, 2026. Interview formats and dates can change between cycles.
Program interview informationScience GPA 3.40 either across all science coursework OR the most recently completed 40 semester hours of biological and chemical sciences. The program determines included courses. A cumulative science GPA below 3.40 alone does not establish ineligibility.
Review each course, its lab, and the program’s policies. Your links are planning records; the program decides equivalency.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Biology or approved Biology/Zoology full sequence2 course(s) | Not publishedSemester credits unless noted | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan →This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| Animal, Exercise or Human Physiology | Not publishedSemester credits unless noted | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
| Combined Anatomy/Physiology two-semester sequence2 course(s) | Not publishedSemester credits unless noted | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
Additional upper-level Biology/Zoology3 course(s)Course notes & alternativesAt least three courses requiring prerequisites for entry; listed examples are recommendations, not all mandatory. | Not publishedSemester credits unless noted | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan →This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| General/Inorganic Chemistry I and II2 course(s) | Not publishedSemester credits unless noted | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
Organic ChemistryCourse notes & alternativesAt least one semester; course must require a prerequisite. | Not publishedSemester credits unless noted | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan →This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
Introductory/General BiochemistryCourse notes & alternativesMust require Organic Chemistry for entry; if combined Organic/Biochemistry, complete entire sequence. | Not publishedSemester credits unless noted | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
| Statistics | Not publishedSemester credits unless noted | Not specified | Not specified | Sign in to plan |
Individual course credits/labs/minimum grades are not separately published in the reviewed list. All prerequisites within ten years, with possible older-course approval when upper-level sciences completed within five years. Letter grades expected with stated COVID/mandatory pass-fail exceptions. A 3.40 science GPA is separate from per-course grades.
When courses must be complete: Required courses completed by September 1 of the application year.
All CASPA materials must be received; prerequisite grades are due September 1.
$111,834.25 documented program schedule · Fees are determined annually and may change; medical equipment is projected and may be lower.
Basis: $60,969.75 documented program schedule · current-rate projection · high confidence
Currently published full-program direct-cost estimates are $60,969.75 resident and $111,834.25 nonresident. Fees are set annually and may change; the medical-equipment amount is projected and may be lower.
Integrated medical sciences, medicine and society, clinical skills, gross anatomy and PA summer courses.
Emergency medicine, gynecology, two family-practice rotations, surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry and electives.
Clinical transition course, capstone and summative assessment.
28 months and 128 semester hours; program pages provide the current 81 + 44 + 3 credit structure. Clinical phase begins January of the second year; avoid assuming a precise month split.
| Class | Overall GPA | Science GPA | Healthcare experience hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matriculated August 2026 | 3.85 | 3.82 | 3,573 |
August 2026 class averages: 3,573 healthcare hours and 234 research hours; average age 24.
Class averages describe an admitted cohort. They are not minimums or acceptance probabilities.
Graduate outcomes
See first-time program performance with clearly dated national context.
Graduating class 2025: 25/25 first-time takers passed (100%). NCCPA report printed July 10, 2026. Classes 2021–2025 annual first-time series: 100%, 91%, 96%, 100%, 100%; pooled 116/119 =97.48%, distinct from mean of rounded rates.
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A complete dated action history has not been added to this record.
ARC-PA current directory and history specify January 2033; program webpage says March 2033. Accreditor date takes precedence.
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Unpublished policies and unverified cohort statistics are left open for confirmation.
