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Saint Elizabeth University Physician Assistant Program prerequisites

What Saint Elizabeth asks for in the 2026-27 cycle, as read from the school's own admissions page. 11 lines differ from the standard PA school set, marked below.

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Coursework

  • Biology with labrequiredextra here

    1 semester · 4 credits · lab

    "General Biology 1 with Lab (4 credits)." One semester, not the full sequence.

  • General chemistry with labrequired

    2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

    "General Chemistry 1 with Lab (4 credits)" and "General Chemistry 2 with Lab (4 credits)." The full sequence, no recency window stated for chemistry.

  • Biochemistryrequired

    1 semester · 3 credits

    "Biochemistry (3 credits)." No organic chemistry line appears on the list.

  • English or writing-intensiverequireddiffers

    1 semester · 3 credits

    Most PA programmes ask for 2 semesters · 6 credits and list it as recommended.

    "English Composition (3 credits). Must be taken at a U.S. institution." One course, composition specifically.

  • Statisticsrequired

    1 semester · 3 credits

    "Statistics (3 credits)."

  • Psychologyrequired

    1 semester · 3 credits

    "General Psychology (3 credits)."

  • Geneticsrequiredextra here

    1 semester · 3 credits

    "Genetics (3 credits)." No laboratory named.

  • Anatomy and physiologyrequired

    2 semesters · 8 credits · lab

    "Anatomy and Physiology 1 with Lab (4 credits)" and "Anatomy and Physiology 2 with Lab (4 credits)," both starred: "Must be completed within 10 years of matriculation." Only in-person labs are accepted.

  • Microbiologyrequired

    1 semester · 4 credits · lab

    "Microbiology with Lab (4 credits)," starred: "Must be completed within 10 years of matriculation."

  • Medical terminologyrequireddiffers

    1 credits

    Most PA programmes ask for 1 credits and list it as recommended.

    Required here, not merely recommended: "Medical Terminology (1 credit). Must be taken at a U.S. institution." No work experience substitute is offered on the page.

Experience hours

  • Patient care experiencerequireddiffers

    300+ hours

    Most PA programmes ask for 500+ hours.

    "Completed a minimum of 300 hours of direct patient care experience." A low published floor; the page does not list which roles count, so confirm with the program before counting scribing or similar work.

  • Healthcare experiencerecommended

    500+ hours

    Many programs publish one combined healthcare figure instead of splitting patient care from healthcare exposure; where they do, the number lands here. Median published minimum is 500 hours.

  • PA shadowingrequireddiffers

    16+ hours

    Most PA programmes ask for 20+ hours and list it as recommended.

    Required with a number: "16 hours of PA shadowing experience."

  • Non-clinical volunteeringrequiredextra here

    50+ hours

    "50 hours of community service," listed in the same sentence as the patient care and shadowing minimums. Unusual as a stated number on the PA path.

Letters

  • Science faculty letternot required here

    The required faculty letter is from "a professor attesting to academic capability" with no science restriction; it is recorded on the any-discipline faculty line.

  • Faculty letter (any discipline)requiredextra here

    1 letter

    "Submit three letters of recommendation; one letter must be from a professor attesting to academic capability." No department is named, so a professor in any discipline answers it.

  • PA letterrequireddiffers

    1 letter

    Most PA programmes publish no minimum and list it as recommended.

    "At least one must be from a physician or PA attesting to professional capacity." A physician's letter satisfies this line as well as a PA's; three letters in total.

  • Supervisor letternot required here

    Saint Elizabeth names a professor and a physician or PA; a work supervisor is not asked for, though the third letter is unconstrained.

Also on the school’s page

Saint Elizabeth publishes a twelve line prerequisite list with credits, each to be "Satisfactorily completed ... with a 'B- (2.7)' or better": English Composition (3), General Psychology (3), Statistics (3), Medical Terminology (1), General Biology 1 with Lab (4), Genetics (3), Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2 with Lab (4 each), Microbiology with Lab (4), General Chemistry 1 and 2 with Lab (4 each) and Biochemistry (3). The recency window applies only to the starred lines, A&P 1, A&P 2 and Microbiology: "Must be completed within 10 years of matriculation." English Composition and Medical Terminology "Must be taken at a U.S. institution." "All prerequisites are expected to be completed by the Spring semester prior to matriculation and only in-person labs will be accepted." GPA floors are an overall GPA and a prerequisite GPA each of "3.2 or better (as calculated by CASPA)", and a baccalaureate from a regionally accredited institution is required. On testing, the program "is requiring their applicant to take EITHER the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) or PA-CAT (Physician Assistant College Admission Test)": a minimum combined GRE score of 300 or a minimum overall PA-CAT score of 500, taken within five years of matriculation, and "Applicants with a master's degree or higher are not required to submit the GRE or PA-CAT." Experience is one sentence: "Completed a minimum of 300 hours of direct patient care experience, 16 hours of PA shadowing experience and 50 hours of community service." The page does not define which roles count as direct patient care.

School

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