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Address & Contact

Our Address

2570 48th Street Sacremento, California 95817

GPS

38.552421825823615, -121.45033238332393

Telephone

(916) 734-3551

Email

[email protected]

Web

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✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants

Strongly mission-driven toward underserved/diverse California populations.

Comprehensive holistic review. Most competitive applicants possess backgrounds aligning with the school’s values – first in family to attend college, speak more than one language, from a health shortage area, low-graduation-rate high school, military background. Additional consideration for childhood federal/state assistance, rural/isolated county childhood, and Northern and Central California.

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

University of California-Davis PA Program Mission Statement

In alignment with the school’s vision to advance health, the mission of the physician assistant program is to educate health care professionals to deliver care as leaders and members of interprofessional health care teams as well as to improve the availability of culturally relevant primary health care to underserved populations throughout California.

PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

  • Accredited Status: Continuing Accreditation
  • Campus Location: Sacremento, California
  • Degrees Offered: Masters
  • Class Start Month: June
  • Class Duration: 27 months
  • Class Capacity: 65 (ARC-PA max; recent classes 62-65)
  • Seat Deposit: $1,500 (non-refundable, new as of Fall 2025)
  • International Students: Accepted
  • TOEFL: Required (international graduates only; TOEFL or IELTS)

TUITION

  • Total cost with required fees: $172,696
  • Resident tuition: not published by the program as a tuition-only figure
  • Nonresident tuition: not published by the program as a tuition-only figure

PANCE PASS RATE

  • First-time PANCE pass rate: 79%
  • Five year first-time PANCE pass rate: 83%

APPLICATION INFORMATION

  • CASPA Participant: Yes
  • Application Deadline: August
  • Supplemental Application: Supplemental Application Required
  • CASPA Deadline Type: Received by deadline (app + transcripts + 2 references)
  • Fee: Check program website

GPA

  • Overall GPA: 3.0
  • Science GPA: 3.0
  • Prereq GPA: 3.0
  • Prerequisite GPA: Minimum grade of C required for all prerequisites
  • Prerequisite completion: must be completed within 5 year(s)

EXPERIENCE

  • Required Experience Hours (PCE/HCE): Required

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Featured image: Betty Irene Moore Hall; source: UC Davis Health.

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