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Our Address

Physician Assistant StudiesSchool of Health Professions7703 Floyd Curl DriveMSC 6249 San Antonio TX

GPS

29.507279451162656, -98.57899565060097

Telephone

(210) 567-4240

Email

[email protected]

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✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants

Holistic: overall GPA, science GPA, community service hrs, healthcare/PCE hrs, PA shadowing hrs, military service, disadvantaged background, medically-underserved-region affiliation; then MMI.

Min 3.0 cumulative & science GPA to be review-eligible. Uses CASPA.

Summarized from the program’s official admissions / selection-process pages. Always confirm current details on the program’s website.

💬 How This Program Interviews

Format: Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) Where: On campus

Selected applicants travel to the UT Health San Antonio campus for an in-person multiple mini interview day as part of the admissions process.

Summarized from University of Texas – HS Center at San Antonio’s own admissions and interview pages — verified 2026-08-01. Interview formats and dates change between cycles, so confirm with the program before you make travel plans. See the program’s interview page.

University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio PA Program Mission Statement

The mission of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies is to prepare outstanding Physician Assistants to recognize and treat acute and chronic illness and promote health. The Department of Physician Assistant Studies makes lives better by improving the healthcare, health outcomes and well-being of patients and their families through education, practice, service and research.

PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

  • Accredited Status: Continuing Accreditation
  • Campus Location: San Antonio, Texas
  • Degrees Offered: Masters
  • Class Start Month: May
  • Class Duration: 30 months
  • Class Capacity: 45 (San Antonio main)
  • Seat Deposit: $1,000
  • International Students: Accepted
  • TOEFL: Required

TUITION

  • Resident tuition: $64,001 (excludes program fees)
  • Nonresident tuition: $110,567 (excludes program fees)

PANCE PASS RATE

  • First-time PANCE pass rate: 91%
  • Five year first-time PANCE pass rate: 96%

APPLICATION INFORMATION

GPA

  • Overall GPA: 3.0
  • Science GPA: 3.0
  • Prereq GPA: 3.0
  • Average Applicant GPA Accepted:
    • Overall: 3.79
    • Science: 3.76
  • Prerequisite GPA: Minimum grade of C required for all prerequisites
  • Prerequisite completion: must be completed within 10 year(s)
  • Prerequisite Coursework: General Chemistry (8 cr); Organic Chemistry (4 cr); Anatomy (4 cr); Physiology (4 cr); Microbiology (4 cr); Genetics (3 cr); Statistics (3 cr) — must be completed within 10 years

EXPERIENCE

  • Required Experience Hours (PCE/HCE): Not required (strongly recommended)

SHADOWING

  • PA Shadowing Recommended

EVALUATIONS

GRE

CASPer

PA-CAT

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Second campus: Laredo, TX

This program is also taught at an ARC-PA-recognized campus in Laredo, TX. You apply once to the program and indicate a campus preference on the application.

  • Tuition: the school does not publish a separate figure for this campus — ask the program rather than assuming it matches the main campus.
  • Program length: 30 months (stated on the Laredo page itself: "The Physician Assistant Studies program begins in May and runs continuously for 30 months, with 14 months of academic lectures followed by 16 months of clinical rotations at sites throughout Tex
  • Class starts: May (Laredo page: "begins in May and runs continuously for 30 months"; catalog: "begins each year in the summer semester"). The first Laredo cohort "began classes in May 2021."
  • Application deadline: September 1 — stated on the Laredo campus page itself: "Complete program prerequisites by the application deadline (September 1)"; program landing page lists "Apr 30 Application Opens / Sep 01 Application Deadline." No separate Laredo deadl
  • Delivery: On-campus / in-person at the UT Education and Research Center at Laredo — "UT San Antonio offers its nationally ranked Master of Physician Assistant Studies at the UT Education and Research Center at Laredo. The program's high-quality class

How this campus differs: Nothing verified as DIFFERENT. Fields the school states are shared: program length (30 mo), May start, September 1 deadline, curriculum/degree, and tuition (single "San Antonio and Laredo Campus" COA/tuition schedule). Campus-specific: (a)

Campus details on the program’s own site →

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