Address & Contact
Our Address
2323 N. Central Expressway Richardson, Texas
GPS
32.98146836185796, -96.71502696056648
Telephone
✔ What This Program Looks For in Applicants
Personal statement, essays, LORs scored; higher Casper preferred; interview + group activity + writing sample + video.
Summarized from the program’s official admissions / selection-process pages. Always confirm current details on the program’s website.
West Coast University – Texas PA Program Mission Statement
The West Coast University MPA Program prepares students to excel as clinicians and leaders by providing them with opportunities to learn and adopt practice-ready knowledge, skills, and behaviors that are patient-centered, innovative, and embracing cultural humility, adaptability, and agility within the evolving, challenging, and ambiguous context of contemporary healthcare. We prepare professionals who will contribute to the advancement of the physician assistant profession through exemplar practice, life-long learning, and service within and across their healthcare communities.
PA PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Accredited Status: Continuing Accreditation
- Campus Location: Richardson, Texas
- Degrees Offered: Masters
- Class Start Month: January
- Class Duration: 24 months
- Class Capacity: 50
- Decision Criteria: Matched to mission academic ability and understanding role of physician assistant, personal interview, personal statement
- Seat Deposit: $1,000
- International Students: Accepted
- TOEFL: Required
TUITION
- Resident tuition: $100,386
- Nonresident tuition: $100,386
PANCE PASS RATE
- First-time PANCE pass rate: 96%
- Five year first-time PANCE pass rate: No 5-year average yet
APPLICATION INFORMATION
- Caspa Participant: Yes
- Application Deadline: October
- Supplemental Application: Supplemental Application Not Required
- CASPA Deadline Type: Verified by deadline
- Fee: $75
GPA
- Overall GPA: 3.0
- Science GPA: 2.7
- Prereq GPA: No Minimum
- Prerequisite GPA: Minimum grade of C required for all prerequisites
- Prerequisite completion: must be completed within 10 year(s)
EXPERIENCE
- Healthcare Experience Hours: Recommended
SHADOWING
EVALUATIONS
- Three recommendation letters required (view program website for evaluator requirements)
GRE
- See Program Website
CASPer
- CASPer Required
- For more information on CASPer click here
PA-CAT
- PA-CAT Not Required
- For more information on PA-CAT click here
