Address & Contact
Our Address
Carroll University 100 North East Avenue Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186
GPS
43.00491587036605, -88.22578496902472
Telephone
✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants
Additional consideration for Carroll undergrads and applicants committed to diversity, care for the underserved, leadership/service, and overcoming educational barriers. (carrollu.edu admission)
Summarized from the program’s official admissions / selection-process pages. Always confirm current details on the program’s website.
★ Straight From the Program — 2026 PAEA Virtual Admissions Fair
The program described a collaborative, personal culture where faculty, staff and students are all invested in student success. Its admissions team said there is no single preferred type of patient-care experience — medical assistants, CNAs, EMTs, phlebotomists and patient-care techs were all cited. Their reapplicant advice was refreshingly individual: for one applicant the gap is grades, for another it’s more patient-care experience, and for another it’s simply another year of maturity. Competitive applicants can clearly explain why they want to be a PA and speak concretely about their patient encounters; the most common non-academic weakness they see is an applicant who cannot.
Shared by this program’s admissions team at the PAEA Virtual PA Admissions Fair on July 11, 2026, and paraphrased here. Admissions guidance changes between cycles — always confirm requirements, deadlines and prerequisites on the program’s official website.
Carroll University PA Program Mission Statement
Educate physician assistants to provide comprehensive quality health care to all, to be respectful of patient values, to be committed to ethical principles and to be grounded in evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning. Graduates will contribute to the profession and their communities and be prepared to practice medicine in a variety of primary care settings under the supervision of physicians. Graduates will also be prepared to provide service to medically underserved communities and diverse patient populations.
PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Accredited Status: Continuing Accreditation
- Campus Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Degrees Offered: Masters
- Class Start Month: May
- Class Duration: 24 months
- Class Capacity: 32
- Decision Criteria: Matched to mission academic ability and understanding role of physician assistant, personal interview, personal statement
- Seat Deposit: $500
- International Students: Accepted
- TOEFL: Required
TUITION
- Resident tuition: $102,000
- Nonresident tuition: $102,000
PANCE PASS RATE
- First-time PANCE pass rate: 100%
- Five year first-time PANCE pass rate: 96%
APPLICATION INFORMATION
- Caspa Participant: Yes
- Application Deadline: October
- Supplemental Application: Supplemental Application Not Required
- CASPA Deadline Type: Verified by deadline
GPA
- Overall GPA: 3.0
- Science GPA: 3.0
- Prereq GPA : No Minimum
- Average Applicant GPA Accepted:
- Overall: 3.75
- Science: 3.67
- Prerequisite GPA: Minimum grade of C required for all prerequisites
- Prerequisite completion: must be completed within 5 year(s)
EXPERIENCE
- Healthcare Experience Hours: 500
SHADOWING
EVALUATIONS
- Three recommendation letters required (view program website for evaluator requirements)
GRE
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
