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New York, New York · Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies
A full-time, 28-month PA program in New York City with an 80-credit curriculum spanning classroom medicine, research and clinical rotations. Its mission emphasizes primary care in communities with healthcare-provider shortages. The program currently holds Accreditation-Probation.
Prepare skilled, compassionate PAs to improve community health and address gaps in primary-care access through education, mentorship and service.
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Holistic review considers academic performance, references, statements and CASPA program essays, healthcare experience, commitment to the program mission, an on-site written essay and interview. The program emphasizes primary care and communities with healthcare-provider shortages. Its admissions page says no group or individual is favored; mission fit is not a guarantee of admission.
Summarized from the program’s admissions information. Confirm current selection criteria with the program.
Program admissions informationThe program requires in-person interviews and considers an on-site written essay. PAEA labels the interview traditional; individual/group/MMI structure is not otherwise specified. Rolling interview scheduling does not mean rolling admission. Travel and accommodation are the applicant’s responsibility.
Source checked Sep 13, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Biology I and IICourse notes & alternativesRequired two-course sequence. No seven-year limit is stated for this sequence on the current cycle page. | 8semester credits | Required | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
General Chemistry I and IICourse notes & alternativesRequired sequential general-chemistry courses; organic chemistry I/II cannot substitute. No seven-year limit stated for this sequence. | 8semester credits | Required | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
MicrobiologyCourse notes & alternativesRequired within seven years before application. | 3semester credits | Required | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
StatisticsCourse notes & alternativesAny three-credit statistics course; calculus cannot substitute. Within seven years before application. | 3semester credits | Not specified | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
Organic Chemistry ICourse notes & alternativesNewly required separately for 2026–2027; within seven years before application. | 4semester credits | Required | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
BiochemistryCourse notes & alternativesRequired separately for 2026–2027; no longer an advanced-science choice. Within seven years. Admissions table does not mark a lab, but the linked course-description PDF describes laboratory exercises; confirm lab equivalency rather than assuming none is needed. | 3semester credits | Not specified | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
| Cell and/or Molecular Biology — advanced option Choose two advanced options. Cell & Molecular Biology, Cell Biology or Molecular Biology satisfies this one option. Within seven years. | 3semester credits | Not specified | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
| Genetics — advanced option Choose two advanced options; genetics is one option, not independently mandatory for everyone. Within seven years. | 3semester credits | Not specified | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
| Anatomy and Physiology I — part of advanced option A&P I plus II with labs totals eight credits and counts as ONE advanced option. Neither is mandatory if cell/molecular biology and genetics are chosen. PAEA lists four credits per half. Within seven years. | 4semester credits | Required | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
| Anatomy and Physiology II — part of advanced option Complete with A&P I for the eight-credit option; this pair is one of the two required advanced choices. Within seven years. | 4semester credits | Required | C; B if pending | Sign in to plan |
For the 2026–2027 cycle, biology I–II and general chemistry I–II with labs are required, plus microbiology with lab, statistics, organic chemistry I with lab and biochemistry. Choose TWO advanced options: cell/molecular biology, genetics, or the entire A&P I–II lab sequence; that two-course sequence counts as ONE option. Biochemistry is now required separately and mammalian physiology is no longer required. Chemistry must be sequential; organic chemistry cannot replace the general-chemistry sequence. C or higher is the normal course minimum; pending courses need B or higher. The seven-year rule applies to microbiology, statistics, biochemistry, organic chemistry I and the selected advanced sciences, not expressly to general biology or general chemistry.
When courses must be complete: Up to two prerequisites can be in progress at application; finish them with B or higher by December 31, 2026. No winter intersession or Spring 2027 prerequisite completion. Degree conferral is due June 15, 2027. See the separate GPA and course-grade rules.
For August 2027 entry, CASPA opened July 1, 2026 and must be complete and Verified by December 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The program asks applicants to allow at least four weeks for verification. Up to two prerequisites may be pending, with separate completion rules. The current program expressly says no rolling admissions, despite the January 2026 PAEA listing saying rolling; rolling interview scheduling is not rolling admission.
Program-specific opening, not the general CASPA opening date.
Up to two in progress; B or higher required. No winter intersession courses.
For August 2027 entry; pending spring non-prerequisites also require B or higher.
Program and PAEA; exact day not published.
In person. The separate requirements page still names 2026 dates; no exact 2027 interview dates are inferred.
Current main page gives an annual pattern. The separate requirements page’s dated 2026 schedule is historical.
$855 credit × 80 required credits · Estimate at published nonresident rate
The PA page lists 2026–2027 resident tuition of $5,545 per semester, nonresident tuition of $855 per credit, and a $955.95 fee line. These are not full-program totals. PAEA separately lists $40,000 resident and $70,000 nonresident tuition without a cohort or calculation. The 80-credit curriculum spans seven terms and includes summer and a nine-credit final term; billing rules and later-year rates can change. Confirm an individualized program estimate. The earlier $38,815/$68,400 tuition and $45,506/$75,091 tuition-plus-fees figures were calculations, not confirmed cohort quotes.
The PA cost page shows $955.95 for each residency category but does not label that fee row’s billing interval. Do not multiply it by seven without confirmation. General bursar fees differ from the PA-specific line. Program-wide required fees and tuition-plus-fees totals remain unconfirmed. Living-budget figures above are separate alternatives by year; choose one housing arrangement per year rather than adding both. Year 1 covers nine months, year 2 twelve months, year 3 seven months. Loan-origination expenses are listed as “Average” without a number and are not included in any calculated total here. All figures can change. General bursar rates distinguish full-time, part-time and summer billing; no multi-year program total is constructed.
Basic/preclinical medicine and professional studies. The catalog lists first-year fall 13 credits, spring 14 and summer 14.
Required research courses and capstone. The catalog places its nine-credit research term in the final fall semester.
Ten five-week clerkships, totaling 30 catalog credits, including one elective.
The current catalog totals 80 credits across seven terms. The overview names the phases didactic, research and clinical, while its linked course catalog places clinical coursework in year 2 and research in the final fall. These descriptions disagree about phase order; confirm the schedule for your entering cohort. The durations and total credits are retained without inventing a reconciled sequence.
Cohort year and experience averages need verification.
No admitted-class overall/science GPA or PCE averages were verified; PAEA fields are blank. Estimated incoming August 2027 size is 35; ARC maximum is 45. The live attrition table labels graduated classes 2024, 2025 and 2026. It prints entering/graduates of 33/32, 38/34 and 30/28; attrition of 6.1%, 10.5% and 6%; and graduation of 93.9%, 89.5% and 93.3%. The 2024 counts do not reconcile with its printed graduation rate, and the 2026 attrition figure does not complement its graduation rate. No corrected rates or unqualified current attrition statistic are inferred. Ask the program to reconcile the table and cohort labels.
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.
The May 5, 2026 NCCPA report labels its latest row Class 2026, graduation year 2026: 25 first-time takers and 96% passing. Its published five-class average is 82% for source-labeled 2022–2026 classes. These are the report’s cohort labels and results as of May 5, not a completed 2026 calendar-year result or a newly inferred graduation date. The report’s national 2026 row says 92% while its footnote says the 2026 national rate will be available in early 2027; that conflicting national figure is not used.
Program reporting year not recorded; direct comparison unavailable.
Program reporting period not recorded; direct comparison unavailable.
ARC-PA imposed probation after finding 21 areas of noncompliance involving oversight, staffing, student records, clinical learning/evaluation and self-assessment. Maximum class size remained 45.
ARC-PA requested further evidence on staffing, faculty appointments and timely evaluation of clinical learning; other listed report items required no further information.
Decision deferred to the October 2026 probation review, with the focused probation visit results to be considered. Do not describe this as removal of probation.
ARC-PA Accreditation-Probation remains current. The latest 10-page ARC-PA history gives October 2026 as the next review and a maximum class size of 45. In July 2026 the commission deferred a report decision until that probation review. The program website still says September 2026; use the newer accreditor record. Probation is an accreditation status, not proof accreditation has been withdrawn.
Follow the source for the policy or cohort you are reviewing. A check date is separate from the year a figure describes.
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Unpublished policies and unverified cohort statistics are left open for confirmation.
