Albany Medical College

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*Last updated January 2023

Deadlines

Application Deadline: 10/01/2023

Supplemental Application: Yes

Supplemental Deadline: 10/01/2023

Supplemental Application Fee: $60

Supplemental Application Fee Waiver: No

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Deposit: $500

Deposit Refundable: No

Program Info

CASPA Member: Yes

Program Length in Months: 28

Start Month: January

Part-time Option: No

Academic Terms: No information provided

Total Number of Terms: 7

Program Credit Hours: 116

Estimated Incoming Class Size: 42

Program Matriculants by Gender

Female: 29

Male: 13

Non-Binary: -

Gender Unknown: -

Ethnicity of Program Matriculants by Number

American Indian or Alaskan Native: -

Asian: 7

Black or African American: 3

Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish: 3

Native Hawaiin or Pacific Islander: 0.0

White: 28

Distance Campuses: No

On-Campus Housing: No

Primary Credentials: Master's degree (not Master's of Public Health)

Type of Masters: MPAS: Master of Physician Assistant Studies

Undergraduate Pre-Professional Phase: No

Accept Transfer Students: No

Accept International Applicants: No

Only Accept Pre-Professional: No information provided

Special Tracks: Yes

Unique Program Features: Albany Medical College Physician Assistant Program is a small Upstate NY medical school that is attached to the area's Level 1 Trauma Center. Our facility has an innovative simulation center, standardized patients, student dissection anatomy labs, and a ten to one student to faculty ratio.

Support for Veterans: No information provided

Other Information: No information provided

Tuition

Separate Tuition Rates: No

Total Tuition: $67,242

Total Fees: $6,664

GPA Requirements

Minimum Overall GPA Required: No GPA minimum required

Minimum Overall Prerequisite GPA Required: No GPA minimum required

Requirements & Prerequisites

Required Shadowing: No information provided

Required Health Care Experience: Not Required

Minimum Health Care Experience Hours: No information provided

Required Direct Patient Care Experience: No information provided

Minimum Direct Patient Care Hours: 1000

Virtual Experience Hours Accepted: No

Required Onsite Interview: No

Required Writing Sample: No

Required Personal Statement: No information provided

Required References: No restrictions

Required Bachelor Degree: Yes

Required Standardized Tests: No information provided

Other Standardized Tests: No information provided

Average Verbal Reasoning GRE Score: No information provided

Average Verbal Reasoning GRE Percentile: No information provided

Average Analytical Writing GRE Score: No information provided

Average Analytical Writing GRE Percentile: No information provided

Average Quantitative Reasoning GRE Score: No information provided

Average Quantitative Reasoning GRE Percentile: No information provided

Mission Statement

The Center for Physician Assistant Studies, in support of Albany Medical Health Services' mission as an academic health sciences center, has a responsibility to educate Physician Assistant students from demographically diverse backgrounds to meet the future primary and specialty health care needs of the region and the country by providing highly skilled, cost-effective, patient-centered care in a variety of settings. This mission will be advanced through commitment to the values of Quality and Excellence, Collaboration, Confidentiality, Respect and Compassion, Integrity, Responsibility, Diversity, and Community Service.