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Like No Other.

  • Augusta University
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Prospective Students

Upon completion of your Master of Physician Assistant, graduates are eligible to sit for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination® (PANCE) for certification. The first-time test-taker pass rate for Augusta University Physician Assistant students has averaged 98% over the last five years.

Admissions About the Program 

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Department of Physician Assistant

 Health Sciences Campus

Health Sciences Building

987 St. Sebastian Way
Room 3304

706-721-3247

paprogram@augusta.edu

Veteran’s Initiative

Augusta University's Physician Assistant "Green to Grad" Program seeks to eliminate enrollment barriers unique to veterans by allowing academic credit through the military evaluation program of the American Council on Education (ACE), created in 1942 to recognize the educational value of military training and experience, continuously evaluates military schools, correspondence courses, and occupations to determine the credit amount and level each should be awarded. Veterans can earn academic credit for most military training, including Basic Training. ACE is funded by the Department of Defense and coordinated through DANTES.

Veterans applying to our program can use relevant ACE courses as credit toward the 90 semester hours of prerequisites.
Visit the American Council on Education website for more information.

Required Prerequisite Courses

The prerequisite courses required to apply to Augusta University Master of Physician Assistant Program comprise a core curriculum divided into seven categories. The courses acceptable to meet the requirements of each category are listed below. 

Essential Skills (9 semester hours)

  • English Composition I (3 hours)
  • English Composition II-Literature based (3 hours)
  • College Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, or Calculus (3 hours)

Professional Skills (4-5 semester hours)

  • Critical Thinking
  • Creative Writing
  • Ethics
  • Health and Wellness
  • Economics
  • Speech

Humanities and Fine Arts (6 semester hours)

  • Ethics
  • Fine and Applied Arts
  • Foreign Language
  • Speech, Oral Communications
  • World Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Drama, Art or Music Appreciation
  • Logic
  • Electives in Humanities and Fine Arts


Science, Mathematics, and Technology (10-11 semester hours)

  • Additional courses in science, mathematics, or technology to meet this requirement.


Courses Required for Major (34 semester hours)

  • Biology I and II - Labs Required (8 hours) *
  • General Chemistry I and II - Labs Required (8 hours) *
  • Organic Chemistry I - Lab Required (4 hours) *
  • Microbiology - Lab Required (4 hours) *
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology - Lab Required (4 hours) *
  • Statistics (3 hours) *
  • General Psychology (3 hours) *

Guided Electives for Major (15 semester hours)

  • Guided electives in any basic science, which may include: Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab (strongly recommended), Comparative Vertebrae Anatomy, Organic II, Histology, Biochemistry, Evolution, Human Growth and Development, Abnormal Psychology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Embryology or Physics **

* These courses are MANDATORY.

** Students may take any other science course to satisfy the remaining hours in this section.

 

Accepted Applicant Statistics

Accepted Applicants' Statistics Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Class of 2022 Class of 2023 Class of 2024
Average GPA 3.65 3.65 3.69 3.62 3.61
Average Math/Science GPA 3.55 3.55 3.52 3.47 3.46
Average GRE 305 305 308 308 308
Average Age 25 24 24 25 24
Males Accepted 8 6 8 5 7
Females Accepted 37 38 36 39 37
In state resident 42 41 38 39 40
Out of state resident 3 3 6 5 4
With degree 45 44 44 44 44
Without degree 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

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The College of Allied Health Sciences at Augusta University trains and educates today’s health care professionals: the therapists, technicians, administrators, managers and assistants who are the backbone of our country’s health care workforce.

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