James Madison University
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Program starts
Aug 1, 2027 · 286 days
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About the program
Overview
Mission statement
To provide educational opportunities and to foster a culture of wellness for students to develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and resiliency necessary to function as primary care physician assistants, serving the medical needs of the Commonwealth of Virginia and society in general including rural and medically underserved areas.
Program features
1)Elective clinical rotation options in Tanzania and/or Peru. 2) Student-Engaged Medical Clinic (early clinical exposure at local free clinic). 3)Full cadaver dissection. 4)Small class size. 5) Wellness curriculum
Clinical rotations
The program includes 11 required 4‑week supervised clinical practice experiences and two elective 4‑week rotations (44 weeks total), covering specialties such as internal medicine, primary care, OB/GYN, family medicine, behavioral medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and surgery, with weekly campus didactic sessions after every two rotations.
- Credentials offered
- Master's degree (not Master's of Public Health)
- Doctorate offered
- No
- On-campus housing
- No
- CASPA participant
- Yes
The numbers
At a glance
PANCE 2-yr avg
95.5%
First-time pass rate
Class size
36
Cohort
Resident tuition
$81,164
Total program
Student:faculty
5.1:1
Plan ahead
Critical dates
- Checked against the PAEA Program Directory on Apr 4, 2026Jun 15, 2026Application deadlinePassed
- Checked against the PAEA Program Directory on Apr 4, 2026Jun 15, 2026Supplemental duePassed
- Jul 15, 2026CASPA verification duePassed
- Aug 1, 2027Program starts286 days
The process
Admissions
Updated Apr 4, 2026
Program requirements
- 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)
On-site required · Multiple Mini Interview (MMI)
Application style
Rolling admissions
Supplemental application required
Required tests
Letters of recommendation — minimum 3
No restrictions
Acceptance policies
Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) - will not accept MCAT; Test of English Foreign Language (TOEFL)
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
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Coursework
Prerequisites
Coursework policies
6 recorded policy fields
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Other
1 required course.
- Medical Terminology
Science
5 required courses.
- Human or mammalian anatomy
- Human or mammalian physiology
- Biochemistry
- Genetics
- Microbiology
Course requirement details
6 prerequisite records
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Admitted students
Class profile
- Avg overall GPA
- 3.66
- Avg science GPA
- 3.57
Gender
- female 86%
- male 14%
Ethnicity
- white 94%
- asian 6%
Average age and experience
2 recorded age and experience fields
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Admissions and outcomes
7 recorded admissions, faculty and outcome fields across this program page
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Outcomes
PANCE pass rates
Latest first-time pass rate (2024): 97.0%
Two-year average: 95.5%
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8 years of PANCE results
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Track record
Accreditation history
- First accredited
- 1999/04/01
- Last continued
- September 2016
- Next review
- October 2026
- September 2024Progress 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. The commission accepted the report.
- September 2023Program Change
Program Change: Increase maximum entering class size to 36 students effective August 21, 2024. The commission approved the program's proposed change.
- June 2022Progress 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. The commission accepted the report.
- September 2021Progress Report
The commission approved the program change (graduation requirements from 101 to 103 credits, effective January 2022) and accepted the report providing evidence of confirmation that all students in the class of 2020 met all program and supervised clinical practice experience learning outcomes.
- March 2021Progress Report
The commission acknowledged the report providing evidence of a change in program support.
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Where this data comes from
- www.jmu.edu/grad/programs/all-programs/physician-assistant.shtmlUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Last updated: Apr 17, 2026
Directory facts are sourced from the PAEA directory.