Up and Coming: Charles R. Drew University

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** updated March 2020 **

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Accreditation Status: Provisional

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Number of students: 26

Application Deadline: January 15

Admissions: Rolling

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Start date: August

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Length of Program: 27 months

Public/Private: Private

Tuition: $100,324 (including fees)

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HCE: 2,000 Hours

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GPA: No minimum (sciences and prerequisite GPAs of 3.0 are preferred)

Required Standardized Testing: None

Shadowing: Preferred, Not Required

LOR: Three Required, no one specific

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The Good Stuff:

  • Students complete a medical nutrition therapy course, which provides them with knowledge to manage enteral and parenteral nutrition from pediatrics to geriatrics and allows students to sit for the Certified Nutrition Support Certification Exam and become a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician

  • Students can take seminars to become Certified Diabetes Self-Management Leaders and Certified in Culturally Relevant Urban Trauma.

Program Link: https://www.cdrewu.edu/cosh/PA/

** All information is from The Applicant’s Manual of Physician Assistant Programs 2020 and the Program’s website. For corrections and comments, please fill out this form.