PA Schools Near Me — Map of Every Accredited PA Program (2026)

Q: How do I find PA schools near me?

Click 'Use my location' (or type your ZIP code) and choose a radius of 25, 50, 100, or 250 miles. You'll see every accredited PA program within that distance, sorted closest-first, with PANCE pass rates, CASPA deadlines, and a link to each program's full profile.

Looking for PA schools near you? You’re in the right place. The interactive map below includes every accredited physician assistant program in the United States — all 338 of them — verified against the ARC-PA directory, CASPA, and each program’s own admissions pages. Tap the button, set your radius, and instantly see which PA programs are within reach of home — each with its PANCE pass rate, CASPA deadline, and a link to a full program profile. 😊

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How to use this map to build your school list

Finding physician assistant programs near you is the easy part — here’s how to turn it into an application strategy:

Start local. Click “Use my location” or enter your ZIP code. Programs close to home can mean in-state tuition, lower living costs, and your support system nearby.
Check the numbers that matter. Every card shows the program’s 5-year PANCE pass rate and CASPA deadline; the full profile adds tuition, prerequisites, GPA requirements, and patient care hour minimums.
Then broaden by fit. Most successful applicants apply to 8–12 programs chosen by GPA, patient care hours, and prerequisites — not just geography. Run your stats through the free PA Program Match, or get a personalized competitiveness score and ranked list from PA Program Match AI.

Browse PA schools by state

Prefer to browse? Every accredited PA program in the country, organized by state — each links to a full profile with tuition, PANCE pass rates, prerequisites, and deadlines.

✔ 338 ARC-PA-accredited PA programs across 48 states — directory data current as of July 21, 2026, verified against the ARC-PA directory, CASPA, and each program’s own admissions pages.

Alabama (4 programs)

Faulkner University — Montgomery
Samford University — Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham
University of South Alabama — Mobile

Arizona (7 programs)

Arizona School of Health Sciences — Mesa
Chamberlain University – Phoenix — Phoenix
Creighton University – Phoenix — Phoenix
Franklin Pierce University (Goodyear) — Goodyear
Midwestern University (Glendale) — Glendale
Northern Arizona University — Phoenix
University of Arizona — Tucson

Arkansas (2 programs)

Harding University — Searcy
University of Arkansas — Little Rock

California (20 programs)

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (Central Coast) — Santa Maria
California Baptist University — Riverside
Chapman University — Irvine
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science — Los Angeles
Dominican University of California — San Rafael
Keck Graduate Institute — Claremont
Loma Linda University — Loma Linda
Marshall B. Ketchum University — Fullerton
Point Loma Nazarene University — San Diego
Samuel Merritt University — Oakland
Southern California University of Health Sciences — Whittier
Stanford University — Stanford
Touro University California Dual MSPAS/MPH, Vallejo — Vallejo
Touro University California, Los Angeles — Panorama City
University of California San Diego — La Jolla
University of California-Davis — Sacramento
University of Southern California (LA) — Alhambra
University of the Pacific — Sacramento
West Coast University – California — Los Angeles
Western University of Health Sciences — Pomona

Colorado (4 programs)

Colorado Mesa University — Grand Junction
Red Rocks Community College — Arvada
Rocky Vista University — Englewood
University of Colorado — Aurora

Connecticut (6 programs)

Quinnipiac University — Hamden
Sacred Heart University — Fairfield
University of Bridgeport — Bridgeport
University of New Haven, School of Health Sciences, PA Program — West Haven
University of Saint Joseph — West Hartford
Yale University Physician Associate Program — New Haven

Delaware (1 program)

Arcadia University – Delaware Campus — Newark

District of Columbia (2 programs)

George Washington University — Washington
Howard University — Washington

Florida (21 programs)

AdventHealth University — Orlando
Barry University – St. Petersburg — Pinellas Park
Barry University-Miami — Miami Shores
Florida Gulf Coast University — Fort Myers
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine — Miami
Florida State University — Tallahassee
Gannon University-Ruskin — Ruskin
Larkin University — Miami Gardens
Lincoln Memorial University – Tampa — Brandon
Miami Dade College — Miami
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale — Fort Lauderdale
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Myers — Fort Myers
Nova Southeastern University, Jacksonville — Jacksonville
Nova Southeastern University, Orlando — Orlando
Palm Beach Atlantic University — West Palm Beach
South College – Orlando — Orlando
South University, Tampa — Tampa
South University-West Palm Beach — West Palm Beach
University of Florida — Gainesville
University of South Florida — Tampa
University of Tampa — Tampa

Georgia (9 programs)

Augusta University — Augusta
Berry College — Mount Berry
Brenau University — Gainesville
Emory University — Atlanta
Mercer University — Atlanta
Morehouse School of Medicine — Atlanta
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Georgia Campus — Suwanee
South College – Atlanta — Atlanta
South University in Savannah — Savannah

Hawaii (1 program)

Hawai’i Pacific University — Honolulu

Idaho (3 programs)

Idaho State University-Caldwell — Caldwell
Idaho State University-Meridian — Meridian
Idaho State University-Pocatello — Pocatello

Illinois (9 programs)

Chamberlain University — Chicago
Dominican University (IL) — River Forest
Midwestern University (Downers Grove) — Downers Grove
North Central College — Naperville
Northwestern University — Chicago
Rosalind Franklin University — North Chicago
Rush University — Chicago
Southern Illinois University — Carbondale
Touro College – Illinois — Skokie

Indiana (9 programs)

Butler University — Indianapolis
Franklin College — Franklin
Indiana State University — Terre Haute
Indiana University School of Health & Human Sciences Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program (IUPUI) — Indianapolis
Taylor University — Upland
Trine University — Fort Wayne
University of Evansville — Evansville
University of Saint Francis (Fort Wayne) — Fort Wayne
Valparaiso University — Valparaiso

Iowa (5 programs)

Des Moines University — Des Moines
Northwestern College — Orange City
St. Ambrose University — Davenport
University of Dubuque — Dubuque
University of Iowa — Iowa City

Kansas (3 programs)

Kansas State University — Manhattan
Ottawa University — Overland Park
Wichita State University — Wichita

Kentucky (6 programs)

Brescia University — Owensboro
Sullivan University — Louisville
University of Kentucky — Lexington
University of Kentucky – Morehead — Morehead
University of the Cumberlands — Williamsburg
University of the Cumberlands, Northern Kentucky Campus — Florence

Louisiana (4 programs)

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University(Our Lady of the Lake College) — Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport — Shreveport
Louisiana State University – New Orleans — New Orleans
Xavier University of Louisiana — New Orleans

Maine (1 program)

University of New England — Portland

Maryland (6 programs)

Frostburg State University — Frostburg
Mount St Mary’s University — Emmitsburg
Notre Dame of Maryland University — Baltimore
Towson University — Towson
University of Maryland Baltimore — Baltimore
University of Maryland Eastern Shore — Princess Anne

Massachusetts (9 programs)

Assumption University — Worcester
Bay Path University — East Longmeadow
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine — Boston
MCPHS University (Boston) — Boston
MGH Institute of Health Professions — Boston
Northeastern University — Boston
Springfield College — Springfield
Tufts University — Boston
Westfield State University — Westfield

Michigan (12 programs)

Central Michigan University — Mount Pleasant
Concordia University-Ann Arbor — Ann Arbor
Eastern Michigan University — Ypsilanti
Grand Valley State University — Grand Rapids
Grand Valley State University-Traverse City — Traverse City
Lawrence Technological University — Southfield
Michigan State University — East Lansing
Oakland University — Rochester
University of Detroit Mercy — Detroit
University of Michigan – Flint — Flint
Wayne State University — Detroit
Western Michigan University — Kalamazoo

Minnesota (5 programs)

Augsburg University — Minneapolis
Bethel University (MN) — St. Paul
College of St. Scholastica — Duluth
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences — Rochester
Saint Catherine University — Saint Paul

Mississippi (2 programs)

Mississippi Christian University — Clinton
Mississippi State University – Meridian — Meridian

Missouri (5 programs)

Drury University — Springfield
Missouri State University (formerly SWMS) — Springfield
Saint Louis University — Saint Louis
Stephens College — Columbia
University of Missouri – Kansas City — Kansas City

Montana (2 programs)

Rocky Mountain College — Billings
University of Montana — Missoula

Nebraska (4 programs)

College of Saint Mary — Omaha
Creighton University – Omaha — Omaha
Union Adventist University — Lincoln
University of Nebraska Medical Center — Omaha

Nevada (2 programs)

Touro University Nevada — Henderson
University of Nevada, Reno — Reno

New Hampshire (2 programs)

Franklin Pierce University — West Lebanon
MCPHS University (Manchester/Worcester) — Manchester

New Jersey (8 programs)

Fairleigh Dickinson University — Teaneck
Kean University — Union
Monmouth University — West Long Branch
Rowan-Virtua PA Program — Sewell
Rutgers University — Piscataway
Saint Elizabeth University — Morristown
Seton Hall University — Nutley
Thomas Jefferson University - New Jersey — Voorhees Township

New Mexico (1 program)

University of New Mexico — Albuquerque

New York (31 programs)

Albany Medical College — Albany
Canisius University — Buffalo
Clarkson University — Potsdam
Daemen University — Amherst
D’Youville University — Buffalo
Hofstra University — Hempstead
Ithaca College — Ithaca
Le Moyne College — Syracuse
Long Island University — Brooklyn
Marist University — Poughkeepsie
Mercy University — Bronx
Nazareth University — Rochester
New York Institute of Technology — Old Westbury
Northeast College of Health Sciences — Seneca Falls
Pace University – Pleasantville — Pleasantville
Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC — New York
Rochester Institute of Technology — Rochester
SUNY Downstate Medical Center — Brooklyn
SUNY Upstate Medical Center — Syracuse
St. Bonaventure University — Saint Bonaventure
St. John’s University (formerly SVCMC) — Queens
Stony Brook University — Stony Brook
The CUNY School of Medicine (formerly CCNY Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education) — New York
Touro University (Long Island) — Central Islip
Touro University (Manhattan) — New York
Touro University (Middletown) — Middletown
University of Mount Saint Vincent — Riverdale
Wagner College — Staten Island
Weill Cornell Medicine Master of Science in Health Sciences for Physician Assistants Program — New York
Yeshiva University — Bronx
York College, CUNY — Jamaica

North Carolina (14 programs)

Campbell University — Buies Creek
Duke University Medical Center — Durham
East Carolina University — Greenville
Elon University — Elon
Gardner-Webb University — Boiling Springs
High Point University — High Point
Lenoir-Rhyne University — Hickory
Methodist University — Fayetteville
North Carolina A&T State University — Greensboro
Pfeiffer University — Misenheimer
South College – Asheville — Asheville
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University (Bowman Gray) — Winston-Salem
Wingate University — Wingate

North Dakota (1 program)

University of North Dakota — Grand Forks

Ohio (17 programs)

Ashland University — Ashland
Baldwin Wallace University — Berea
Case Western Reserve University — Cleveland
Cedarville University — Cedarville
Kettering College — Kettering
Lake Erie College — Painesville
Marietta College — Marietta
Mercy College of Ohio — Toledo
Miami University — Oxford
Mount St. Joseph University — Cincinnati
Ohio Dominican University — Columbus
Ohio University — Dublin
University of Dayton — Dayton
University of Findlay — Findlay
University of Mount Union — Alliance
University of Toledo — Toledo
Ursuline College — Pepper Pike

Oklahoma (5 programs)

Northeastern State University — Muskogee
Oklahoma City University — Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State University — Tulsa
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City — Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma, Tulsa — Tulsa

Oregon (3 programs)

George Fox University — Newberg
Oregon Health & Science University — Portland
Pacific University — Hillsboro

Pennsylvania (30 programs)

Alvernia University Physician Assistant Program — Reading
Arcadia University — Glenside
Carlow University — Pittsburgh
Chatham University — Pittsburgh
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania — Lock Haven
DeSales University — Center Valley
Delaware Valley University — Doylestown
Drexel University — Philadelphia
Duquesne University — Pittsburgh
Elizabethtown College — Elizabethtown
Gannon University — Erie
King’s College — Wilkes-Barre
Marywood University — Scranton
Mercyhurst University — Erie
Misericordia University — Dallas
Penn State University — Hershey
Pennsylvania College of Technology — Williamsport
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine — Philadelphia
Saint Francis University — Loretto
Saint Joseph’s University — Philadelphia
Salus at Drexel University — Elkins Park
Seton Hill University — Greensburg
Slippery Rock University — Harrisville
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine — Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson University, Center City Campus — Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson University, East Falls Campus — Philadelphia
University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh – Hybrid Program — Pittsburgh
West Chester University — West Chester
Widener University — Chester

Rhode Island (2 programs)

Bryant University — Smithfield
Johnson & Wales University — Providence

South Carolina (5 programs)

Charleston Southern University — Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston
North Greenville University — Greer
Presbyterian College — Clinton
University of South Carolina SOM — Columbia

South Dakota (1 program)

University of South Dakota — Vermillion

Tennessee (11 programs)

Bethel University (TN) — Paris
Lincoln Memorial University – Harrogate — Harrogate
Lincoln Memorial University-Knoxville — Knoxville
Lipscomb University — Nashville
Meharry Medical College — Nashville
Middle Tennessee State University — Murfreesboro
Milligan University — Milligan
South College – Knoxville — Knoxville
South College – Nashville — Nashville
Trevecca Nazarene University — Nashville
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) — Memphis

Texas (17 programs)

Austin College — Denison
Baylor College of Medicine — Houston
Baylor University – Waco — Waco
Franklin Pierce University- Texas — Round Rock
Hardin-Simmons University — Abilene
Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP) — San Antonio (Fort Sam Houston)
Sam Houston State University — Conroe
South University, Austin — Round Rock
Tarleton State University — Stephenville
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center — Midland
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern School of Health Professions — Dallas
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor — Belton
University of North Texas HS Center Ft Worth — Fort Worth
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — Edinburg
University of Texas – HS Center at San Antonio — San Antonio
University of Texas – Medical Branch at Galveston — Galveston
West Coast University – Texas — Richardson

Utah (4 programs)

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions — Provo
University of Utah — Salt Lake City
Utah Valley University — Orem
Weber State University — Ogden

Virginia (10 programs)

ECPI University — Virginia Beach
Emory & Henry College — Marion
James Madison University — Harrisonburg
Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University (formerly EVMS) — Norfolk
Mary Baldwin University (Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences) — Fishersville
Radford University — Roanoke
Randolph-Macon College — Ashland
Shenandoah University — Winchester
South University, Richmond — Glen Allen
University of Lynchburg — Lynchburg

Washington (3 programs)

Northwest University — Kirkland
University of Washington — Seattle
University of Washington-Medex Northwest-Spokane — Spokane

West Virginia (5 programs)

Concord University — Athens
Marshall University — Huntington
University of Charleston — Charleston
West Liberty University — West Liberty
West Virginia University — Morgantown

Wisconsin (4 programs)

Carroll University — Waukesha
Marquette University — Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse — La Crosse
University of Wisconsin – Madison — Madison

PA schools near me — your questions, answered

How many PA schools are there in the United States?

There are more than 330 ARC-PA-accredited PA programs across 48 states (currently 338), plus developing programs preparing to open. Every one of them is on the map above, and the count updates automatically as our directory data is verified against the ARC-PA directory each week.

How do I find PA schools near me?

Click “Use my location” (or type your ZIP code) and choose a radius of 25, 50, 100, or 250 miles. You’ll see every accredited PA program within that distance, sorted closest-first, with PANCE pass rates, CASPA deadlines, and a link to each program’s full profile.

Does it matter if a PA school is close to home?

It can! Staying local can mean lower living costs, in-state tuition at public programs, and keeping your support system nearby during a demanding 24–36 month program. That said, most applicants apply broadly — a mix of nearby and best-fit programs is usually the strongest strategy.

Should I only apply to nearby PA schools?

Most successful applicants apply to 8–12 programs chosen by fit — GPA, patient care hours, and prerequisites — not just geography. Use the map to find your local options, then use our free PA Program Match tools to see which programs best match your stats.

Are all the schools on this map accredited?

Yes — programs shown are accredited by the ARC-PA, or clearly badged as Developing (not yet accredited; students cannot enroll until provisional accreditation is granted). Programs on ARC-PA probation are loudly flagged, because your welfare comes first.

How current is this map?

The program list, accreditation statuses, deadlines, and PANCE pass rates are re-verified on a rolling schedule against the ARC-PA directory, CASPA, and each program’s own admissions pages — and this page updates automatically with every data refresh. The “last updated” date is shown above the state-by-state list.

Wherever your PA journey takes you — near or far — we’re cheering you on. 💚