Quinnipiac University Office of Graduate Admissions 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue NH-GRD Hamden, CT 6518
41.413705841881104, -72.91067081981373
A 27-month, 94-credit Connecticut PA program with a 54-student class and 2,000 required direct patient-care hours in the United States or Canada.
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Holistic; seeks intellectual capacity, personal maturity, communication/interpersonal skills. Evaluates: overall/science/prereq GPA, course grades, academic load, sustained high achievement or overcoming major adversity (academic grit), direct PCE hours+experience, PA shadowing, community service, leadership, narrative quality, LORs, Casper performance, professional memberships, scholarly/published activity. PREFERRED PCE = direct, patient-facing, hands-on roles (EMT/paramedic, CNA, medical assistant, PCA, ortho tech, athletic trainer, rad tech, respiratory therapist, RN/LPN, surgical tech, military medic, etc.); NOT counted: lab tech, transport tech, massage therapist, personal trainer, medical secretary, lifeguard, sitter. NO Connecticut residency preference (private, equal consideration). Two pathways: CASPA or ELMPA direct-entry feeder.
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Program admissions informationQuinnipiac invites its most qualified candidates, typically in the fall semester, for on-campus interviews and activities with program faculty, alumni, and community partners, with invitations sent about two weeks before the assigned interview date.
Source checked Aug 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mammalian or Human Biology course with labCourse notes & alternativesFourth biology semester distinct from Microbiology and two A&P terms; all four biology courses have labs. | Not publishedSemesters | Required | C | This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| Microbiology with lab | Not publishedSemesters | Required | C | |
| Human A&P with lab, first semester | Not publishedSemesters | Required | C | |
| Human A&P with lab, second semester | Not publishedSemesters | Required | C | |
Chemistry course 1Course notes & alternativesThree distinct chemistry semesters total. | Not publishedSemesters | Not specified | C | This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
Chemistry course 2Course notes & alternativesThree distinct chemistry semesters total. | Not publishedSemesters | Not specified | C | This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| Organic Chemistry with lab Third chemistry semester; alternative to Biochemistry. | Not publishedSemesters | Required | C | |
| Biochemistry Third chemistry semester; alternative to Organic Chemistry with lab. | Not publishedSemesters | Not specified | C | |
| Pre-calculus, Calculus or Statistics | Not publishedSemesters | Not required | C | This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
The official page specifies semesters rather than numeric credits. C minimum in every prerequisite; combined prerequisite GPA at least 3.20. All coursework must be complete before September 1 application deadline and within ten years, with campus labs.
2026-09-01 prior-cycle deadline has passed; next-cycle date is not verified.
Expected entering-cohort start.
Published nonresident full-program tuition
Published full-program tuition is $112,330 (94 credits × $1,195) and is used for tuition comparison. The official headline direct total is $115,760, but its detailed fee lines differ by $130; required fees and the direct total remain unreported here until that discrepancy is resolved.
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