Address & Contact
Our Address
Nazareth University 4245 East Ave Rochester, New York 14618
GPS
43.1025786, -77.5200682
Telephone
✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants
mission/diversity statement, LORs); virtual interview; guaranteed-interview preference for Naz 60-cr grads OR applicants raised in HRSA rural/medically-underserved area.
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
This program is hybrid and is not New York-only — students enroll from well outside the region — with first-year students coming to campus for short in-person intensives each semester. The cohort is small by design, which the program framed as supporting open communication, closer faculty relationships and earlier identification of students who are struggling. In review, the program focuses on performance in science prerequisites, patient-care experience, and a personal statement showing real commitment to serving diverse communities. Cohorts include a wide range of ages and prior careers, so career-changers should not assume they are outliers here.
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.
Nazareth University PA Program Mission Statement
Our mission at Nazareth University is to educate highly skilled, compassionate PAs who excel in interprofessional collaboration and are dedicated to serving diverse communities with a focus on underserved populations.
PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Accredited Status: Provisional Accreditation
- Campus Location: Rochester, New York
- Degrees Offered: Masters
- Class Start Month: January
- Class Duration: 24 months
- Class Capacity: See Program Website
- Decision Criteria: Matched to mission academic ability and understanding role of physician assistant, personal interview, personal statement
- Seat Deposit: $1,000
- International Students: Not Accepted
- TOEFL: See Program Website
TUITION
- Resident tuition: $111,600
- Nonresident tuition: $111,600
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: October
- Program Delivery: Hybrid — online/distance coursework combined with required on-campus or in-person components. Confirm the exact in-person requirements with the program.
- Supplemental Application: Supplemental Application Not Required
- CASPA Deadline Type: Verified by deadline
GPA
- Overall GPA: 3.2
- Science GPA: 3.2
- Prereq GPA: 3.20
- Average Applicant GPA Accepted:
- Overall: See Program Website
- Science: See Program Website
- Prerequisite GPA: See Program Website
- 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
- See Program Website
CASPer
- CASPer Not Required
- For more information on CASPer click here
PA-CAT
- PA-CAT Required
- For more information on PA-CAT click here
