Medical University of South Carolina Physician Assistant Program
Also in South CarolinaSimilar overall GPA requirementGRE Not Required
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Our Address
Francis Marion University PO Box 100547 Florence, SC 29502
GPS
34.189613, -79.653017
Telephone
✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants
Holistic Interview Qualification Score from GPAs, healthcare experience (PCE), personal statements, LORs. PREFERENTIAL guaranteed interviews for: current FMU students/graduates meeting minimums, and honorably-discharged veterans meeting minimums. More-than-minimum PCE weighted more favorably. Panel interview. Mission: educate excellent PRIMARY CARE PAs.
Summarized from the program’s official admissions / selection-process pages. Always confirm current details on the program’s website.
Developing Program — Not Yet Accredited, Not Yet Enrolling
The Francis Marion University Physician Assistant Program (Florence, South Carolina) is not yet accredited. It has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the ARC-PA.
Timeline the university publishes: Francis Marion anticipates matriculating its first class in May 2028, pending achieving Accreditation-Provisional status at the January 2028 ARC-PA meeting. The university states the program will not commence if Provisional Accreditation is not awarded at that meeting.
What this means for applicants: you cannot enroll yet, and accreditation is not guaranteed. A developing program may be granted, deferred, or denied Accreditation-Provisional. Confirm the current status on the program’s own accreditation page before making any plans or paying a deposit.
Looking at other options? Browse PA programs in South Carolina or use the PA Program Match to find accredited programs open now.
Source: the program’s official ARC-PA accreditation statement. Accreditation status is reported from the ARC-PA. Last verified 25 July 2026.