University of Kentucky Charles T. Wethington, Suite 205 900 S. Limestone Lexington, Kentucky 40536
38.062465453549, -84.504703656382
Lexington, Kentucky · Masters
A 29-month Lexington PA campus with 40 students, required direct hands-on healthcare experience without a numeric minimum, and a 2.75 institutional undergraduate GPA minimum.
To improve the health and well-being of the people in the Commonwealth of Kentucky by graduating competent and compassionate physician assistants who will become transformative leaders in their practices and communities.
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Holistic (academic success + personal attributes/experiences). Values academic excellence, leadership, lifelong learning, ethics/professionalism. Min bachelor's, 2.75 UGPA floor; reviews prereq & CASPA science GPA; patient-contact required (no min hrs); BLS by matriculation. No standardized exam. 40 Lexington / 16 Morehead; apply to one campus.
Summarized from the program’s admissions information. Confirm current selection criteria with the program.
Program admissions informationInterviews are held over Zoom by faculty, guest PAs, physicians, community leaders and administrators, with dates in August and notifications sent through CASPA at least a week beforehand. Decisions follow about a week after the final interviews. Accepted applicants are then invited to an in-person Blue Carpet event to tour campus and meet faculty before putting down a deposit.
Source checked Jul 26, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
General Chemistry I and II with labs2 course(s)Course notes & alternativesEach semester course must be at least 3 credits; UK transfer-equivalency/course code must be satisfied. | 6Semester credits | Required | C | |
Organic Chemistry with lab1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesAt least 3 semester credits. | 3Semester credits | Required | C | |
| Human Anatomy1 course(s) At least 3 semester credits. Pair only with standalone Human Physiology; it cannot be paired with A&P II. Lab is not specified in the program table. | 3Semester credits | Not specified | C | |
| Human Physiology1 course(s) At least 3 semester credits. Pair only with standalone Human Anatomy; it cannot be paired with A&P I. Lab is not specified in the program table. | 3Semester credits | Not specified | C | |
| Anatomy & Physiology I and II2 course(s) Alternative to standalone Anatomy plus Physiology. Each A&P course is 4 semester credits. Program does not specify lab requirement in the table. | 8Semester credits | Not specified | C | |
General Biology with lab1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesAt least 3 semester credits. | 3Semester credits | Required | C | |
Microbiology with lab1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesAt least 3 semester credits. | 3Semester credits | Required | C | |
Statistics1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesAt least 3 semester credits; no lab requirement stated. | 3Semester credits | Not specified | C | |
Psychology1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesAt least 3 semester credits; separate from the required developmental psychology course. | 3Semester credits | Not specified | C | |
Developmental Psychology, child through adult lifespan1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesAt least 3 semester credits. Abnormal psychology or another psychology course is not accepted; must cover full lifespan. | 3Semester credits | Not specified | C | |
| Sociology1 course(s) One of the Sociology or Anthropology options; planner mapping requires manual review. | 3Semester credits | Not specified | C | This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| Anthropology1 course(s) Alternative to Sociology; planner mapping requires manual review. | 3Semester credits | Not specified | C | This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
Medical Terminology1 course(s)Course notes & alternativesAt least 1 semester credit. | 1Semester credits | Not specified | C |
UK maintains the same prerequisite policy for Lexington and Morehead; applicants may apply to only one campus. Courses require UK equivalency; use the transfer database or submit a syllabus for review. No prerequisite expiration. AP/CLEP may qualify when equivalent; no substitutions or waivers.
When courses must be complete: Confirm the current-cycle prerequisite completion deadline with UKPA. The program page contains inconsistent application-cycle dates; its prior-cycle policy allowed up to two outstanding courses at application, subject to completion by that cycle’s summer cutoff.
The July 15, 2026 CASPA Orange/complete deadline for January 2027 entry has passed; the next exact cycle deadline is not yet reliably published.
Expected entering-cohort start.
$78,906 program + $15,253 program + $15,677 program + $4,360 program + $2,510 program · Projected from current university rates and the current 95-credit curriculum; future terms may change
Basis: $33,150 program + $6,352.5 program + $15,677 program + $4,360 program + $2,510 program · current-rate projection · high confidence
Projected full-program tuition and required fees are $62,049.50 resident and $116,706 nonresident. The calculation uses the current 95-credit curriculum, the Summer-II 3-credit clinical continuation documented in the prior program cost sheet, and 2026–27 Health Professional rates. It includes the published distance charge, two background/drug screens, medical equipment, and clinical technology. Books, parking, clinical travel/living, professional expenses whose universal status is unclear, PANCE/licensure estimates, and the tuition-creditable seat deposit are excluded. Future rates may change.
A lockstep course sequence uses synchronous lectures across Lexington and Morehead with local in-person laboratories.
Faculty-coordinated supervised practice follows the didactic sequence.
The UK program spans 29 months with a spring start. Students complete the curriculum at their accepted campus; clinical sites undergo formal program review.
The date identifies when the cohort began, not its graduation year. These are one officially combined Lexington/Morehead cohort, not campus-specific averages.
| Class | Published GPA | Published science-related GPA | Published experience hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Lexington/Morehead cohort beginning January 2026 | 3.80 | 3.74 | Not recorded |
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