Address & Contact
Our Address
160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031
GPS
40.703171951947, -73.796023083511
Telephone
✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants
No standardized test. Mission: reduce healthcare disparities, serve underserved urban communities, diverse/first-gen students.
Summarized from the program’s official admissions / selection-process pages. Always confirm current details on the program’s website.
York College, CUNY PA Program Mission Statement
The York College Physician Assistant program seeks to recruit and educate students from diverse surrounding communities to become highly competent, compassionate, and culturally aware providers of excellent medical care to underserved urban areas. Incorporated in our mission is a priority on increasing access to medical professional education for racial and ethnic minorities, financially disadvantaged students, and first-generation college graduates. Our program is committed to providing strong support so that we may also expect high performance from our students. All students successfully completing the program are eligible to sit for the national PA board examination administered by NCCPA and will have completed a didactic and clinical curriculum emphasizing urban medical care.
PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Accredited Status: Continuing Accreditation
- Campus Location: Jamaica, New York
- Degrees Offered: Masters
- Class Start Month: August
- Class Duration: 28 months
- Class Capacity: 30
- Decision Criteria: Matched to mission academic ability and understanding role of physician assistant, personal interview, personal statement
- Seat Deposit: $250
- International Students: Accepted
- TOEFL: Required
TUITION
- Resident tuition: $33,085
- Nonresident tuition: $74,385
PANCE PASS RATE
- First-time PANCE pass rate: 100%
- Five year first-time PANCE pass rate: 94%
APPLICATION INFORMATION
- Caspa Participant: Yes
- Application Deadline: December
- Supplemental Application: Supplemental Application Required
- CASPA Deadline Type: Verified
GPA
- Overall GPA: 3.0
- Science GPA: 3.0
- Prereq GPA: No Minimum
- Average Applicant GPA Accepted:
- Overall: 3.64
- Science: 3.61
- Prerequisite GPA: Minimum grade of C required for all prerequisites
- Prerequisite completion: must be completed within 8 year(s)
EXPERIENCE
- Healthcare Experience Hours: 750
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
