UW-Madison Physician Assistant Program Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Avenue Room 1278 Madison, WI 53705
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Madison, Wisconsin · Master of Physician Assistant Studies
A 24-month Wisconsin PA program centered on primary care, public service, and preparation for practice across urban and rural communities.
Educate physician assistants who improve health across Wisconsin and beyond, with attention to primary care, rural communities, and underserved populations.
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Goal >=70% of class are Wisconsin residents (Wisconsin Idea / state workforce mission); priority consideration for rural (HRSA), low-income/HPSA, military-affiliated, high financial need, first-generation, and federally recognized tribe applicants (benchmark >=50%; 2024 class 54%); higher cumulative & science GPA preferred; competitive PCE = extensive direct care, esp. having worked with PAs; Casper required; 3 LORs.
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Program admissions informationUW-Madison spreads admissions interview activities across two separate days in December, including a program-overview day and a day with two 20-minute interviews from separate faculty and staff teams, but its admissions pages do not state whether the sessions are on campus or virtual.
Source checked Aug 1, 2026. Interview formats and dates can change between cycles.
Program interview informationMeet either a 3.20 cumulative GPA OR a 3.20 GPA on the last 60 credit hours of science coursework. The Toolkit keeps the generic science-GPA comparison field blank because applicants may qualify through either basis.
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| Course | Credits | Lab | Min grade | Your coursework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Biology two-semester sequence with lab2 course(s) | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Required | C | This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| Organismal Biology with lab Accepted alternative to the general-biology sequence; Cellular/Molecular Biology alone is insufficient. | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Required | C | This requirement needs an individual course review; completion has not been confirmed. |
| Microbiology with lab | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Required | C | |
BiochemistryCourse notes & alternativesCombined Organic/Biochemistry is not equivalent. | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | C | |
| Human Anatomy Within three years of matriculation. | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | C | |
| Human Physiology Within three years of matriculation. | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | C | |
| Combined Human A&P two-semester sequence2 course(s) Both courses must be completed at the same institution; within three years of matriculation. | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | C | |
| Statistics1 course(s) | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | C | |
| Intro, General, Abnormal or Developmental Psychology1 course(s) | Not publishedPublished semester courses; individual credit minima not published | Not specified | C |
Official PA requirements, replacing the Physical Therapy page incorrectly present in the research lead. Individual credit minima are not published. Only Human Anatomy and Physiology have the stated three-year recency rule. Approved Coursera certificates (University of Michigan Anatomy covering all body systems; Duke Physiology) or approved college coursework may update expired A&P; community/technical-college A&P must be 200-level or higher. Anatomy/Physiology updates during application are not counted as outstanding prerequisites. Transcript review is available before submitting the application.
When courses must be complete: At most two outstanding science prerequisites at application; complete before planned matriculation in May.
2026-08-01 prior-cycle deadline has passed; next-cycle date is not verified.
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