South College – Orlando Physician Assistant Program
Orlando, Florida · Master of Health Science in Physician Assistant Studies
Tuition + fees $122,000
Costs for the current Orlando program; the entering year is not specified.
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Full-time 27-month, 166-quarter-credit Master of Health Science PA program in Orlando. Fifteen months are didactic and 12 months are clinical.
Mission & approach
Prepare graduates for physician assistant practice with emphasis on community engagement and serving underserved populations.
Admissions insights
What this program looks for in applicants
Rolling, points-based evaluation; published preferences do not create experience or shadowing requirements.
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Program admissions informationHow this program interviews
Interview types are Traditional and Panel, and an on-site interview is not required. Whether interviews are virtual, on-campus or both is not published. South College graduates who meet requirements are guaranteed one interview.
Source checked Sep 13, 2026. Interview formats and dates can change between cycles.
Program interview informationAdmissions & prerequisites
Admission requirements
Prerequisite coursework
Credits are listed in both semester and quarter credits. Alternative courses cannot be combined to meet one requirement.Review each course, its lab, and the program’s policies. Your links are planning records; the program decides equivalency.
| Course | Credits | Lab | Min grade |
|---|---|---|---|
Human Anatomy and Physiology I and IICourse notes & alternativesRequired; science coursework must be completed within seven years before matriculation. | 8 semester / 12 quarterSemester or quarter credits. | Required | Not published |
General Chemistry I and IICourse notes & alternativesRequired; science coursework must be completed within seven years before matriculation. | 8 semester / 12 quarterSemester or quarter credits. | Required | Not published |
Biology I and IICourse notes & alternativesRequired; science coursework must be completed within seven years before matriculation. | 8 semester / 12 quarterSemester or quarter credits. | Required | Not published |
MicrobiologyCourse notes & alternativesRequired; science coursework must be completed within seven years before matriculation. | 3 semester / 4.5 quarterSemester or quarter credits. | Required | Not published |
EnglishCourse notes & alternativesRequired; seven-year rule is published for science prerequisites only. | 6 semester / 8 quarterSemester or quarter credits. | Not specified | Not published |
Math alternative: Statistics, Algebra, Calculus, Finite Math, or equivalent advanced mathCourse notes & alternativesRequired; seven-year rule is published for science prerequisites only. | 6 semester / 8 quarterSemester or quarter credits. | Not specified | Not published |
Humanities and/or Social ScienceCourse notes & alternativesRequired; seven-year rule is published for science prerequisites only. | 6 semester / 8 quarterSemester or quarter credits. | Not specified | Not published |
Policies that can change your plan
- Selection
- Higher GPA, GRE/PA-CAT scores, direct patient-care/shadowing hours and nonrequired upper-level science are preferred. Veterans, military medical experience, bilingual/multilingual applicants and graduate/doctoral degree holders receive preference.
- Transfer
- No professional curriculum transfer credit or recognition of international medical experience.
- Health
- Background and health screening plus required immunizations; TB screening is required before start and updated for clinical work.
- Attendance/work
- Outside employment is prohibited except military drill. Students cannot decelerate (slow their progress through the program).
- Clinical placement
- The program arranges clinical sites; placement may require travel.
- PANCE
- No graduates yet. The first cohort started in Fall 2025 and is expected to graduate in December 2027, so no PANCE pass rate exists yet.
- Attrition
- The Class of 2027 entered with 100 students. One withdrew for personal reasons, and there were no other withdrawals or dismissals. Graduation outcomes are not yet available.
All listed prerequisite coursework must be complete before matriculation. Science prerequisites must be no more than seven years old at matriculation. No minimum course grade is published. AP can satisfy a requirement only with official transcript credit for the specific course, or an official report showing a score of 3.0 or above. CLEP treatment is not published.
When courses must be complete: All prerequisites must be complete before you start; no more than two may still be in progress when you apply.
Dates & application steps
April 1, 2027, for October 2027 entry.
Deadline is specific to this cycle.
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Published cost estimate
Costs for the current Orlando program; the entering year is not specified.Confirm rates for your entering cohort
Whole-program tuition is $110,250 (9 quarters at $12,250). Program cost is $122,000, which adds $6,255 for technology/services, $4,455 for the PA fee, and charges for tracking, transcripts, graduation, memberships, background check, and uniforms. Total cost of attendance is $271,585, including $149,585 in other and living allowances; it does not include rotation travel.
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Curriculum & clinical training
15 months / 88 quarter credits
Five quarters: 17, 19, 19, 19 and 14 credits.
12 months / 78 quarter credits
Eight six-week SCPEs at 9 credits each plus summative review and capstone.
Core supervised clinical practice experiences (SCPEs): internal medicine, surgery, family medicine/geriatrics, emergency medicine, women's health, pediatrics, psychiatry/behavioral medicine and elective. Clinical placement may require travel; the program arranges sites.
The admitted class
Most recent class profile
Published class statisticsCompare published cohorts
| Class | Published GPA | Published science-related GPA | Published experience hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most recent class profile | 3.54 | 3.42 | Not recordedGPA of enrolled students |
Overall GPA 3.54 and science GPA 3.42; GRE scores of 150 verbal, 149 quantitative, and 3.8 writing. The program does not say which class these numbers come from.
Published class statistics describe the named cohort or population. They are not admission minimums or acceptance probabilities.
The program’s track record
Graduate outcomes
PANCE pass rates
See first-time program performance with clearly dated national context.
- First-time PANCE pass rate: Not published
No graduates yet. The first cohort matriculated in Fall 2025 and is expected to graduate in December 2027; no PANCE numerator or denominator exists.
- Five-year first-time PANCE pass rate: Not published
Accreditation history
Provisional- January 2026Provisional monitoring action
ARC-PA requested additional information on Standard B4.01b by April 17, 2026, and requested none for Standards A3.07a or B4.01a.
- June 2025Initial provisional accreditation
ARC-PA granted provisional accreditation with maximum class size 100.
ARC-PA granted initial provisional accreditation in June 2025, with a maximum class size of 100 and the next comprehensive review in April 2028. In January 2026 ARC-PA requested additional information on Standard B4.01b by April 17, 2026, and requested none for A3.07a or B4.01a.
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- PAEA program profile
- ARC-PA currently accredited programs — sponsoring-institution directory
- ARC-PA accreditation history
- South College Orlando admissions
- South College financial information
- South College Orlando program policies
- South College program overview
- South College curriculum
- South College outcomes
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