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Program starts
May 1, 2027 · 194 days
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About the program
Overview
Mission statement
Our program is committed to cultivating equity in healthcare by fostering diversity within our cohorts, including underrepresented students in medicine. Through enhanced training opportunities, our students gain skills needed to better serve diverse and underserved populations. Our graduates emerge from the program well prepared to deliver compassionate, culturally responsive, and clinically-competent patient care.
Program features
Group testing, simulation lab, international rotations, rural and underserved service track, systems based curriculum
Clinical rotations
The clinical phase lasts 13 months with eight 6‑week core rotations covering Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Inpatient Medicine, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Primary Care, an Elective and an Applied Clinical rotation, plus three Professional Practice Seminar weeks and a JEDI in Healthcare seminar.
- Credentials offered
- Master's degree (not Master's of Public Health)
- On-campus housing
- No
- CASPA participant
- Yes
The numbers
At a glance
PANCE 2-yr avg
92.5%
First-time pass rate
Class size
60
Cohort
Tuition
$135,000
Total program
Plan ahead
Critical dates
- Checked against the PAEA Program Directory on Apr 4, 2026Sep 1, 2026Application deadlinePassed
- Sep 1, 2026CASPA verification duePassed
- Checked against the PAEA Program Directory on Apr 4, 2026Sep 8, 2026Supplemental duePassed
- May 1, 2027Program starts194 days
The process
Admissions
Updated Apr 4, 2026
Program requirements
- Min science GPA
- 3.00
- Min PCE hours
- 1,000
- Min direct patient care
- 1,000 hrs
- Healthcare experience
- Required
- Shadowing
- Recommended but not required
Interview format
Traditional Interview
Virtual permitted · Traditional Interview
Application style
Single decision date
Supplemental application required
Required tests
Letters of recommendation — minimum 2
No restrictions
Acceptance policies
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
6 recorded policy fields
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Behavioral Science
1 required course.
- Psychology or Sociology
Math
1 required course.
- Statistics
Science
4 required courses.
- Human Anatomy and Human Physiology with Labs
- Microbiology or Bacteriology
- General Chemistry with Labs
- Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry
Course requirement details
6 prerequisite records
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Admitted students
Class profile
- Avg overall GPA
- 3.62
- Avg science GPA
- 3.61
Gender
- female 73%
- male 25%
- nonBinary 2%
Ethnicity
- white 32%
- multiracial 23%
- asian 18%
- hispanic 18%
- black 3%
- other 3%
- nativeHawaiian 2%
Average age and experience
1 recorded age and experience field
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Admissions and outcomes
6 recorded admissions, faculty and outcome fields across this program page
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Outcomes
PANCE pass rates
Latest first-time pass rate (2025): 87.0%
Two-year average: 92.5%
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5 years of PANCE results
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Track record
Accreditation history
- First accredited
- 1997/10/01
- Last continued
- September 2019
- Next review
- October 2027
- September 2023Progress Report
The program received an alert that the number of students exceeded the maximum entering class size. The commission accepted the required Exceeding Class Size report.
- September 2022Progress Report
The program received an alert that the number of students exceeded the maximum entering class size. The commission accepted the required Exceeding Class Size report.
- March 2021Progress Report
The commission acknowledged the report providing evidence of changes in response to COVID-19.
- March 2021Progress Report
The commission acknowledged the report providing evidence of updated plans in response to COVID-19.
- June 2020Progress Report
The commission acknowledged the report providing evidence of the proposed plan in response to COVID-19.
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Where this data comes from
- catalog.pacificu.edu/preview_program.phpUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Last updated: Apr 17, 2026
Directory facts are sourced from the PAEA directory.