Concordia University, St. Paul Physician Assistant Program

PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

• Accredited Status: Provisional Accreditation
• Campus Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
• Degrees Offered: Masters (Master of Science)
• Class Start Month: January
• Class Duration: 28 months
• Class Capacity: See Program Website
• Seat Deposit: See Program Website
• International Students: See Program Website
• TOEFL: See Program Website

TUITION

• Resident tuition: not published by the program as a tuition-only figure
• Nonresident tuition: not published by the program as a tuition-only figure
• Concordia currently publishes two different tuition figures for the same inaugural cohort — $965 per credit / $101,325 total on its program page, and $995 per credit / $104,475 total on its admissions page and the linked official cost document. We are not publishing a figure until the program resolves the discrepancy. Confirm the cost directly with the program.

PANCE PASS RATE

• First-time PANCE pass rate: No graduates yet
• Five-year first-time PANCE pass rate: No graduates yet

APPLICATION INFORMATION

• CASPA Participant: Yes
• Application Deadline: See Program Website — the program requires a verified CASPA application by the published CASPA deadline but does not state the date on its own pages
• Supplemental Application: See Program Website

GPA

• Overall GPA: 3.0 minimum, as calculated by CASPA, at the time of application
• Science GPA: See Program Website
• Average Applicant GPA Accepted:
  • Overall: See Program Website
  • Science: See Program Website

EXPERIENCE

• Required Experience Hours (PCE/HCE): 500 hours minimum of direct patient contact experience, at the time of application. Volunteer and/or compensated hours both count and must be verifiable. The program notes that 1,000+ hours in a role with a high level of responsibility is competitive — that is not the minimum.

SHADOWING

• Shadowing hours do not count toward the 500-hour direct patient contact requirement. The program states no shadowing requirement and publishes no shadowing hour minimum.

EVALUATIONS

• Letters of recommendation: see program website for the required number and evaluator requirements

GRE

• GRE Not Required

CASPer

• CASPer Not Required

PA-CAT

• PA-CAT Not Required

PAEA Program Directory

• PAEA PA Program Directory Link

The program states: “The CSP PA Program does NOT require graduate standardized admissions test scores for admission to the program, including but not limited to, the GRE, GMAT, MCAT, PA-CAT, or CASPER assessment.”

Campus photo: main entrance, Concordia University–Saint Paul, by McGhiever, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Concordia has not published which building houses its PA program, so this shows the main campus entrance rather than a PA facility.