Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Number of students: 75
Application Cycle: April – October 1st through CASPA
Interview dates: August – February
Start date: Fall (September)
Length of Program: 27 months
Public/Private: Private
HCE: Minimum 500 hours
GPA: Minimum 3.0 with minimum B- for each course
Shadowing: Recommended, but not required
The Good Stuff:
- GRE is not required
- It looks like there may be a part-time option, but there wasn’t a ton of information about this except for to contact the program directly. This makes it a 3 year program.
- There is a cadaver lab, but PA students do not do any of the dissecting.
- A 5-year undergraduate combined PA program is available. Students must be accepted out of high school and maintain the expected grades and meet all requirements of PA school to be accepted.
Program Link: Drexel University PA Program
For the most up to date information on PA programs in one place, check out The Applicant’s Manual of Physician Assistant Programs. (Affiliate link)
