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Our Address

Stony Brook University PA Program, HSC Shtm,Level 2 Room 496 Stony Brook, NY 11794-8202

GPS

40.913299214016526, -73.12641276930334

Telephone

631-444-3190

Email

[email protected]

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✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants

Academic preparation, clinical experience, personal statements, references, interview, commitment to service, leadership potential, community service, quality of healthcare experience.

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

💬 How This Program Interviews

Format: One-on-one interview Where: On campus

The day opens with a group orientation presentation, then one 30-minute individual interview with three members of the admissions committee, plus a Zoom Q&A with first-year students. Interviews run August through November. Seats are offered after each interview date and the remaining candidates go onto a rank-ordered alternate list.

Summarized from Stony Brook University’s own admissions and interview pages — verified 2026-07-26. Interview formats and dates change between cycles, so confirm with the program before you make travel plans. See the program’s interview page.

Stony Brook University PA Program Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide high quality graduate-level medical education in an interprofessional environment that fosters critical thinking and life-long learning. We seek to develop in our students the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to be outstanding, compassionate health care providers. We promote professionalism, leadership, service and an appreciation of ethical values and diversity. Physician assistant education at Stony Brook emphasizes comprehensive patient-centered medical care across the lifespan and our curriculum focuses on the principles of evidence-based practice and the importance of scholarly activity.

PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

  • Accredited Status:  Continuing Accreditation
  • Campus Location: Stony Brook, NY
  • Degrees Offered: Masters
  • Class Start Month: June
  • Class Duration: 24 months
  • Class Capacity: 70 students
  • Seat Deposit: See Program Website
  • International Students: Accepted
  • TOEFL: Required if first language is not English: 550 paper / 213 computer / iBT 90 (subscores R22 L21 W25 S22), within 2 years

TUITION

  • Total cost with required fees: $55,937 (resident) · $109,435 (nonresident)
  • Resident tuition: $45,948 (excludes program fees)
  • Nonresident tuition: $99,446 (excludes program fees)

PANCE PASS RATE

  • First-time PANCE pass rate: 93%
  • Five year first-time PANCE pass rate: 94%

APPLICATION INFORMATION

GPA

  • Overall GPA: 3.0
  • Science GPA: 3.0
  • Prerequisite GPA: Minimum grade of C required for all prerequisites
  • Prerequisite completion: must be completed within 7 year(s)

EXPERIENCE

  • Required Experience Hours (PCE/HCE): 500 Hours

SHADOWING

  • Shadowing NOT accepted toward the PCE requirement

EVALUATIONS

GRE

CASPer

PA-CAT

  • Check program website
  • For more information on PA-CAT click here

PAEA Program Directory

Second campus: Southampton, NY

This program is also taught at an ARC-PA-recognized campus in Southampton, NY. The program does not publish how applicants are routed to this campus — contact the program to ask before you apply.

  • Seats at this campus: 25 (Southampton campus seats) — "Yearly enrollment includes 25 PA students on the Southampton campus and 45 students on the Stony Brook location campus." (About page); FAQ: "There is one entering class each year, which includes 45 at the He
  • Tuition: $45,948 total tuition-only to completion (program-wide figure; no Southampton-specific tuition is published)
  • Program length: 24 (program-wide statement only; no Southampton-specific length published) — "our 24-month program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)"
  • Class starts: June (mid-June) — FAQ: "The starting date for each class is mid-June of the year of admission." Southampton students begin the summer term at the Stony Brook HSC campus: "All students take Anatomy and the Professional Practice Issues course
  • Application deadline: September 1 (CASPA) — no separate Southampton deadline is published. "The application closes on CASPA on September 1st." / FAQ: "The CASPA application will close on September 1st. This is the deadline for us to receive your application from
  • Delivery: On-campus (in-person at Southampton; shared lectures delivered by two-way live video between the two campuses). "Faculty at each location will teach both groups of students simultaneously for lecture-based sessions via live interactive vide

How this campus differs: CLASS SIZE — 25 seats at Southampton vs. 70 total for the program / 45 at the Health Sciences Center campus. LOCATION — 39 Tuckahoe Road, Southampton, NY 11968; PA classroom on the ground floor of Atlantic Hall; "about 45 miles and a 60-min

Campus details on the program’s own site →

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