1600 Medical Center Drive | Huntington, WV 25701 | 304.691.1700
38.410255, -82.42665
Current, source-bound PA admissions requirements and program facts.
The Marshall University Physician Assistant Program is dedicated to providing high-quality medical education to develop a competent physician assistant workforce to meet needs in primary and specialty care. Graduates of our program will contribute to the quality of life in their communities and regions through excellent health care. Building upon this foundation, we strive to fulfill the need for care in rural underserved areas and to engage our physician assistants in lifelong learning in an academic community that promotes diversity.
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Objective scoring rubric using academic record (cumulative/science/prereq GPA), Casper assessment, 3 recommendations, entrance exam (GRE or MCAT, upper-50% preferred but not weighted heavily), personal statement, and interview. West Virginia residents receive additional rubric points (mission-driven). Marshall undergraduate graduates verified by Sept 1 receive a guaranteed interview if minimums met. No advanced placement/transfer credit granted.
Summarized from the program’s admissions information. Confirm current selection criteria with the program.
Program admissions informationThe advice here was aimed squarely at nontraditional applicants: start with the program's published prerequisite-recency rule, and if healthcare work or other circumstances might warrant an individual look, contact the program with the specific courses and circumstances rather than quietly disqualifying yourself. The team also offered a pearl that applies to every program you research: accreditation standards require PA programs to publish their admission requirements on their own website, so the program's page is the authority, not an aggregator or a forum post. Didactic days were described honestly as roughly a full working day, mixing lecture with hands-on lab from the first semester.
Shared at the fair on Aug 22, 2026; paraphrased program-level notes. This is a past event, not an upcoming session. Confirm current guidance with the program.
PAEA Virtual PA Admissions Fair (CareerEco), August 22 2026 - program-level, paraphrased; qualitative only
Applicants are scored on academic record, Casper, recommendations, entrance exam, personal statement and interview using an objective rubric; those offered an interview are notified by email with a date, a supplemental application and technical standards.
Source checked Aug 1, 2026. Interview formats and dates can change between cycles.
Program interview informationReview 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 Chemistry with associated labCourse notes & alternativesSemester credits; minimum 8 credits. The official list does not specify the number of courses. | 8Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
StatisticsCourse notes & alternatives3 semester credits; no lab requirement specified. | 3Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Not specified | C | Sign in to plan |
| Human Anatomy 4 semester credits, lab required. Alternative route: two-semester combined Human Anatomy and Physiology sequence with associated labs totaling 8 credits. | 4Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
| Human Physiology 3 semester credits; lab not specified in the separate-course listing. Alternative combined A&P route requires two semesters with associated labs totaling 8 credits. | 3Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Not specified | C | Sign in to plan |
| Combined Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II2 course(s) Alternative to separate Human Anatomy and Human Physiology; two semesters with associated labs, total 8 semester credits. | 8Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
| Organic Chemistry I with lab Alternative: Biochemistry for 3 semester credits. Organic Chemistry route is 4 credits. | 4Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
| Biochemistry Alternative to Organic Chemistry I with lab; 3 semester credits. Lab not specified. | 3Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Not specified | C | Sign in to plan |
Microbiology with labCourse notes & alternatives3 semester credits. | 3Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Required | C | Sign in to plan |
Medical TerminologyCourse notes & alternativesOne semester; stated credit range 1–3. Exact number accepted within this range depends on course. | Not publishedSemester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Not specified | C | Sign in to plan |
PsychologyCourse notes & alternatives3 semester credits; no lab requirement specified. | 3Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Not specified | C | Sign in to plan |
| College Algebra 3 semester credits; may be replaced by college-level Pre-Calculus, Calculus, or Physics. Physics alternative is not a math-only equivalency; confirm course acceptance as needed. | 3Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Not specified | C | Sign in to plan |
| College Physics Alternative to College Algebra; 3 semester credits. Confirm course equivalency with program. | 3Semester credits (quarter credits converted by 0.667) | Not specified | C | Sign in to plan |
The program accepts in-progress prerequisites for preliminary admission, but all must be complete before the designated start term. Letter grades required; AP/IB/CLEP not accepted. In-person labs encouraged; in-person and virtual labs accepted. The published Anatomy + Physiology route totals 7 credits while combined route totals 8; retain the published figures and confirm exact equivalency. College Algebra may be replaced by physics, pre-calculus, or calculus.
When courses must be complete: Confirm the current course-completion deadline with the program.
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$68,922 TOTAL TUITION to completion (tuition only). COHORT YEAR: January 2027 cohort now recruiting; 2026-2027 published rates applied . Verified 2026-08-04 by two independent agents. CONFIRMED, though this is the one that most deserved the January-cohort scrutiny — and it survives it. (1) Total, not a rate: $9,846 and $14,191 are per-semester full-time university tuition; multiplied to a program total. (2) Tuition only: the per-semester Fees column ($1,008 resident / $1,603 non-resident) and the College/Program Fee co Source: https://www.marshall.edu/tuition/2026-2027-graduate-tuition-and-fees/ and https://catalog.marshall.edu/graduate/programs-az/medici
Medical sciences, assessment, clinical medicine, pharmacology, procedures, evidence-based practice and professional topics build toward supervised practice.
The listed curriculum includes two primary-care experiences, psychiatry, internal medicine and a subspecialty, women’s health, pediatrics, general surgery, emergency medicine, orthopedics, an elective and senior seminar.
The Huntington program is 28 months with January entry and 122 curriculum credits. The reviewed pages do not specify clinical rotation lengths or a guaranteed geographic placement radius.
Mean Pre-Req GPA Avg.: 3.6 Population: entering PA class; Marshall University
| Class | Published GPA | Published science-related GPA | Published experience hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class of 2028; entered January 2026 | 3.64Average Overall GPA | 3.52Average Science GPA | Not recordedExperience hours — not recorded for this profile |
Published class statistics describe the named cohort or population. They are not admission minimums or acceptance probabilities.
Graduate outcomes
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No 5-year average yet - only THREE graduating cohorts (2023-2025); 90% first-time across them (69/77)
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Five-year first-time results are not yet available.
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