SUNY Upstate Medical Center
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Application deadline
Nov 1, 2026 · 13 days
CASPA verification due
Nov 1, 2026 · 13 days
Supplemental due
Nov 20, 2026 · 32 days
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About the program
Overview
Mission statement
The mission of the Physician Assistant Program is to educate highly qualified physician assistants with patient centered values who practice medicine confidently and ethically by demonstrating academic excellence and clinical competence. Our emphasis is on serving the medically underserved populations in Upstate New York. We are seeking candidates who will assist us in fulfilling our Mission which involves serving these communities. Preference will be given to qualified candidates who originate from these areas.
Program features
https://www.upstate.edu/chp/programs/pa/program-data.php
Clinical rotations
Students complete eleven 4‑week clinical rotations (4 in Fall, 4 in Spring, 3 in Summer) covering primary care, inpatient internal medicine, pediatrics, women's health, behavioral medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, and long‑term care, plus three electives.
- 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
77.0%
First-time pass rate
Class size
35
Cohort
Resident tuition
$59,000
Total program
Student:faculty
4.4:1
Plan ahead
Critical dates
- Checked against the PAEA Program Directory on Apr 4, 2026Nov 1, 2026Application deadline13 days
- Nov 1, 2026CASPA verification due13 days
- Checked against the PAEA Program Directory on Apr 4, 2026Nov 20, 2026Supplemental due32 days
- Jun 1, 2027Program starts225 days
The process
Admissions
Updated Apr 4, 2026
Program requirements
- Min prerequisite GPA
- 2.00
- Min PCE hours
- 1,000
- Min direct patient care
- 1,000 hrs
- Healthcare experience
- Required
- Shadowing
- Recommended but not required
Interview format
Multiple Mini Interview (MMI)
Virtual permitted · Multiple Mini Interview (MMI)
Application style
Rolling admissions
Supplemental application required
Required tests
Letters of recommendation — minimum 3
No restrictions
Acceptance policies
Veteran support
None
The bill
Costs
Updated Apr 4, 2026
Supplemental fee waiver: Available
This program has separate tuition rates for resident and non-resident students.
Total cost of attendance
1 recorded cost estimate
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Coursework
Prerequisites
Coursework policies
8 recorded policy fields
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Behavioral Science
1 required course.
- Social/Behavioral Science elective
English
2 required courses.
- English Composition
- English Elective
Math
1 required course.
- Statistics
Science
8 required courses.
- General Biology I with lab
- General Biology II with lab
- Anatomy & Physiology I with lab
- Anatomy & Physiology II with lab
- General Chemistry I with lab
- General Chemistry II with lab
- Organic Chemistry with lab
- Microbiology with lab
Course requirement details
12 prerequisite records
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Admitted students
Class profile
- Avg overall GPA
- 3.70
- Avg science GPA
- 3.70
Gender
- female 85%
- male 15%
Ethnicity
- white 63%
- asian 18%
- hispanic 10%
- black 5%
- other 5%
Admissions and outcomes
5 recorded admissions, faculty and outcome fields across this program page
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Outcomes
PANCE pass rates
Latest first-time pass rate (2025): 75.0%
Two-year average: 77.0%
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6 years of PANCE results
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Track record
Accreditation history
- First accredited
- 2009/03/06
- Last continued
- July 2016
- Next review
- July 2026
- September 2025Progress Report
The program's PANCE pass rate percentage was 85% or less for its 2024 cohort. The commission reviewed the required PANCE performance analysis report and requested more information.
- March 2025Program Change
Program Change: Increase maximum entering class size to 55 students. The commission did not approve the program's proposed change.
- June 2021Progress Report
The program received an alert that the number of students exceeded the maximum entering class size. The program submitted the required Exceeding Class Size report, which the commission accepted.
- June 2020Progress Report
The commission acknowledged the report providing evidence of the proposed plan in response to COVID-19.
- March 2017Progress Report
The program received an alert that the number of students exceeded the maximum entering class size. The program submitted the required Exceeding Class Size report, which the commission accepted.
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Where this data comes from
- paschoolfinder.com/item/lincoln-memorial-university-knoxvi…sistant-programUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Last updated: Apr 17, 2026
Directory facts are sourced from the PAEA directory.