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.
Department of Physician Assistant
Health Sciences Campus
987 St. Sebastian Way
Room 3304
706-721-3247
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.
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)
Professional Skills (4-5 semester hours)
Humanities and Fine Arts (6 semester hours)
Science, Mathematics, and Technology (10-11 semester hours)
Courses Required for Major (34 semester hours)
Guided Electives for Major (15 semester hours)
* These courses are MANDATORY.
** Students may take any other science course to satisfy the remaining hours in this section.
| 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 |
