Mount St. Joseph University
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Program starts
Jan 1, 2027 · 74 days
About the program
Overview
Mission statement
The specific mission of the Physician Assistant program is to educate outstanding, compassionate clinicians, fully prepared to deliver high quality, accessible health care, demonstrating commitment to life-long learning and ethical practice.
Program features
As a top Physician Assistant program in Cincinnati, MSJ emphasizes critical thinking and lifelong learning through its use of hands-on patient care and state-of-the-art technology. MSJ has a 27-month graduate program with 12 months of classroom training including anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, clinical medicine, genetics, diagnostic lab, EKG, physical exam and clinical skills. Students complete 11 clinical rotations, including 3 electives.
Clinical rotations
The program includes eight 5‑week core rotations (family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, behavioral health, women’s health, orthopedics) and three 5‑week elective rotations, totaling 11 clinical rotations before a summative evaluation.
- Credentials offered
- Master's degree (not Master's of Public Health)
- Doctorate offered
- No
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- CASPA participant
- Yes
The numbers
At a glance
PANCE 2-yr avg
100.0%
First-time pass rate
Class size
32
Cohort
Tuition
$108,500
Total program
Min GPA
3.00
Required
Student:faculty
3.6:1
Plan ahead
Critical dates
- Checked against the PAEA Program Directory on Apr 4, 2026Sep 1, 2026Application deadlinePassed
- Sep 1, 2026CASPA verification duePassed
- Jan 1, 2027Program starts74 days
The process
Admissions
Updated Apr 4, 2026
Program requirements
- Min overall GPA
- 3.00
- Min science GPA
- 3.00
- Min prerequisite GPA
- 3.00
- Min PCE hours
- 500
- Healthcare experience
- Required
- Shadowing
- 40 hrs
Interview format
Traditional Interview; Panel Interview; Group Interview
On-site required · Traditional Interview; Panel Interview; Group Interview
Application style
Rolling admissions
No supplemental application
Required tests
Letters of recommendation — minimum 3
PA
Acceptance policies
with exceptions. Please visit the program's website.
Veteran support
None
The bill
Costs
Updated Apr 4, 2026
Supplemental fee waiver: Not available
Total cost of attendance
1 recorded cost estimate
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Coursework
Prerequisites
Coursework policies
7 recorded policy fields
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Behavioral Science
1 required course.
- Developmental Psychology
Math
1 required course.
- Statistics
Science
6 required courses.
- General Chemistry (one year)
- Organic Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- General Biology (one year)
- Microbiology
- Anatomy and Physiology (one year)
Course requirement details
8 prerequisite records
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Admitted students
Class profile
- Avg overall GPA
- 3.52
- Avg science GPA
- 3.63
Gender
- female 77%
- male 23%
Ethnicity
- white 84%
- asian 6%
- black 3%
- hispanic 3%
- nativeHawaiian 3%
Admissions and outcomes
4 recorded admissions, faculty and outcome fields across this program page
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Outcomes
PANCE pass rates
Latest first-time pass rate (2024): 100.0%
Two-year average: 100.0%
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1 year of PANCE results
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Track record
Accreditation history
- First accredited
- 2017/03/09
- Last continued
- March 2022
- Next review
- January 2032
- September 2024Progress Report
The commission accepted the report addressing 5th edition Standard C1.03 modified self-study report.
- June 2024Progress Report
The commission accepted the Student Attrition Required Report for the 2023 cohort, which had a student attrition rate of 10.9% or greater.
- March 2024Progress Report
The commission accepted the required analysis of PANCE performance for the 2022 cohort (pass rate 85% or less) and accepted the required Exceeding Class Size report.
- March 2023Progress Report
The commission accepted the report addressing 5th edition Standards B3.01 and B4.01a.
- September 2022Progress Report
The commission Reviewed and More Information Requested the report addressing 5th edition Standards B1.03, B3.01, B3.07a, B4.01a, and B4.01b.
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Where this data comes from
- paschoolfinder.com/item/midwestern-university-downers-groveUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Last updated: Apr 17, 2026
Directory facts are sourced from the PAEA directory.