PA · Marietta, Ohio · private

Marietta College Physician Assistant Program prerequisites

What Marietta College asks for in the 2026-27 cycle, as read from the school's own admissions page. 12 lines differ from the standard PA school set, marked below.

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Coursework

General chemistry with labrequired
2 semesters · 8 credits · lab
"General Chemistry I with Lab" and "General Chemistry II with Lab," 4 semester hours each. Online or virtual labs are not accepted.
Organic chemistry with labrequiredextra here
1 semester · 4 credits · lab
"Organic Chemistry with Lab," 4 semester hours. One semester satisfies it. Online or virtual labs are not accepted.
Biochemistryrecommendeddiffers
1 semester · 3 credits
Most PA programmes ask for 1 semester · 3 credits and list it as required.
Not a prerequisite here. Biochemistry is among the courses that "are not required pre-requisites but are excellent additional classes to strengthen an application."
English or writing-intensivenot required here
No English or writing requirement appears on the prerequisite table.
Statisticsrequired
1 semester · 3 credits
"Statistics," 3 semester hours; Marietta's equivalents include a psychology statistics course (PSYC 285), so a statistics course housed outside mathematics counts.
Psychologyrequireddiffers
2 semesters · 6 credits
Most PA programmes ask for 1 semester · 3 credits.
Two courses: "General Psychology" (3 hours) and "Upper-Level Psychology w/emphasis on abnormal and/or developmental psychology" (3 hours).
Advanced biologyrequiredextra here
1 semester · 3 credits
"Upper-Level Human or Mammalian Biology," 3 semester hours; "Upper Bio/Mammalian course needs to be 300/3000 level or above." Marietta's own equivalents are BIOL 309, 310, 330, 340, 401 and 430.
Anatomy and physiologyrequireddiffers
6 credits · lab
Most PA programmes ask for 2 semesters · 8 credits · lab.
Listed as two courses: "Human Anatomy with Lab" (3 hours) and "Human Physiology" (3 hours), so the lab is required for anatomy only. "Combined Human Anatomy & Physiology courses, must be a minimum of six (6) semester hours and must be obtained in a one (1) year sequential course." Ten-year recency window applies.
Microbiologyrequireddiffers
3 credits · lab
Most PA programmes ask for 1 semester · 4 credits · lab.
"Microbiology with Lab," 3 semester hours. Online or virtual labs are not accepted.
Medical terminologynot required here
Not on Marietta's prerequisite table or its list of recommended additional courses.

Experience hours

Patient care experiencerecommendeddiffers
500+ hours
Most PA programmes ask for 500+ hours and list it as required.
No minimum. "Healthcare hours are not required, though they are strongly recommended, and points are awarded during the application review. Health care hours may include but are not limited to direct patient care experience, health-related experience, or health care shadowing." Marietta does not split patient care from other healthcare experience; examples given are "shadowing PAs or physicians, nursing assistant/STNA, EMT, medical assistant, phlebotomist, ER tech, respiratory therapist, etc." Hours are reported through CASPA; there is no separate log form.
Healthcare experiencerecommended
500+ hours
Counted together with patient care hours in one "healthcare hours" bucket that is "not required, though they are strongly recommended." No number is published.
PA shadowingrecommended
20+ hours
No minimum. Shadowing PAs or physicians is listed among the healthcare experiences that earn points in application review.

Letters

Science faculty letternot required here
No faculty letter is asked for; all three letters are to come "from persons familiar with the PA profession."
PA letterrequireddiffers
1 letter
Most PA programmes publish no minimum and list it as recommended.
"At least one letter should be from a health care professional (preferably a physician assistant or physician) who has known the applicant for at least six (6) months." A PA is the preferred writer; a physician or other health care professional also satisfies this line. Three letters total, all "from persons familiar with the PA profession."
Supervisor letternot required here
Marietta names no work supervisor letter; the only specified writer is a health care professional, recorded on the PA letter line.

Also on the school’s page

Marietta publishes a prerequisite table in semester credit hours: Upper-Level Human or Mammalian Biology (3, must be 300/3000 level or above), General Chemistry I with Lab (4), General Chemistry II with Lab (4), Organic Chemistry with Lab (4), Microbiology with Lab (3), Human Anatomy with Lab (3), Human Physiology (3), General Psychology (3), Upper-Level Psychology with emphasis on abnormal and/or developmental psychology (3), and Statistics (3), each "or comparable course as determined by the Admissions Committee." Grades: "minimum of 2.0/grade of 'C' for each individual pre-requisite course grade BUT a 3.0 CUMULATIVE GPA (on a 4.0 scale) for ALL pre-requisite coursework." Recency: "All prerequisite courses must have been completed within the past ten (10) years prior to application." "Online or virtual laboratory courses in the natural sciences will not be accepted to fulfill prerequisite requirements." AP credit is accepted for up to two courses but not counted in the prerequisite GPA; retaken courses have both grades included in the GPA. Applicants are strongly encouraged to finish prerequisites by December of the application year, and "the program will permit one (1) pre-requisite course 'in process' during the spring semester preceding the June program start date." A bachelor's degree in any discipline from a USDOE-recognized accredited institution is required. Testing: "Official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) general test (verbal and quantitative) must be submitted under school code 0937. Analytical writing is not required but highly recommended. The MCAT may be used as a substitute for the GRE test. PACAT is not required but will be considered." No GRE minimum is published. Letters: "Three (3) letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the PA profession. At least one letter should be from a health care professional (preferably a physician assistant or physician) who has known the applicant for at least six (6) months." Healthcare hours are not required (see the hours lines). Genetics, immunology, virology, biochemistry, histology, pathophysiology and toxicology are named as "excellent additional classes to strengthen an application." Applications go through CASPA with a January 15 deadline and an early interview deadline of July 15; Marietta College graduates receive preference and a guaranteed interview pathway.

School

marietta.edu/graduate/PA

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