University of South Florida

University of South Florida
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MDC5
Tampa, Florida 33612

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*Last updated January 30th, 2024

General Information

Mission Statement: To provide a scholarly environment in which students from diverse backgrounds acquire requisite knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality, compassionate, culturally, and socially sensitive healthcare as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Unique Program Features: Students are part of an established metropolitan academic medical center offering an innovative curriculum incorporating regular small-group problem-based learning and interprofessional educational activities with a variety of medical and health education students. Students have access to a wealth of resources including state of the art cadaver and simulation labs and are exposed to diverse patient populations within a variety of clinical specialties all located in the Tampa Bay area.

Curriculum Focus: Case-Based Learning; Collaborative or Team-Based Learning; Early Clinical Exposure; Organ-Based/Systems-Based Learning; Problem-Based Learning

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

Doctorate Degree Offered: No information provided

Type of Masters Degree: MPAS: Master of Physician Assistant Studies

Program Length: 24 Months

Start Month: May 2025

Estimated Incoming Class Size: 50

Part-time Option: No

Distance Learning: No

On-Campus Housing: No

Required Onsite Interview: No

Types of Interviews: Traditional Interview

Admission Type: Rolling - Applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis

CASPA & Deadlines

CASPA Member: Yes

Upcoming CASPA Cycle: Yes

Application Deadline: 09/01/2024

Deadline Requirement: Green-Verified: the application has been submitted, payment, all transcripts, and at least two evaluation letters must be received by CASPA by the posted deadline, and the application has a verified status, meaning all GPAs have been calculated by CASPA.

Tuition & Deposits

Separate Tuition Rates: Yes

Tuition: No information provided

Resident Tuition: $68,000

Non-Resident Tuition: $129,000

Seat Deposit: Yes

Seat Deposit Cost: $200

Refundable Seat Deposit: No

Matriculants

Out of State Students Accepted: Yes

Transfer Students Accepted: No

DACA Status Applicants Considered: No information provided

International Applicants Accepted: No

Support for Veterans: Veteran faculty: Faculty members who have veteran status.

Program Matriculants by Gender

Female: 39

Male: 11

Non-Binary: -

Gender Unknown: -

Ethnicity of Program Matriculants by Number

American Indian or Alaskan Native: 1

Asian: 16

Black or African American: 2

Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish: 6

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: -

White: 34

Other: -

GRE Average Scores

Average Verbal Reasoning GRE Score: 156

Average Analytical Writing GRE Score: 4

Average Quantitative Reasoning GRE Score: 158

GRE Average Percentiles

Average Verbal Reasoning GRE Percentile: 72

Average Analytical Writing GRE Percentile: 68

Average Quantitative Reasoning GRE Percentile: 60

Requirements

Minimum Number of Reference Letters Required: 3

Types of References Required: Employee/Supervisor; PA; Physician; Other health care provider

Minimum Overall GPA Required: 3.00

Minimum Prereq GPA Required: No GPA minimum required

Standardized Test(s) Required: Graduate Record Examinations (will not accept MCAT)

Healthcare Experience: Yes, required

Hours Needed: No information provided

Time Limit in Which To Complete Experience: No Requirement

Paid Health Care: Recommended but not required

Volunteer/Community Service Health Care: Recommended but not required

Paid Direct Patient Care: Recommended but not required

Volunteer Direct Patient Care: Recommended but not required

Direct Patient Care Hours Needed: 500

Direct Patient Care Time Limit: No Requirement

Other Paid Health Care: Not Required

Other Volunteer Health Care: No information provided

Shadowing a PA: Recommended but not required

Shadowing a Physician: Recommended but not required

Shadowing other health care provider: Recommended but not required

Clinical and/or non-clinical research: Recommended but not required

Virtual Health Care Accepted: No

Virtual Shadowing Accepted: Yes

Prerequisites

Prereq time limit: No Requirement

Human Anatomy: 8 Credit(s), Lab Required

Biochemistry: 4 Credit(s)

Microbiology: 4 Credit(s), Lab Required

Organic Chemistry: 8 Credit(s), Lab Required

Human Physiology: 8 Credit(s), Lab Required

Medical Terminology: 1 Credit(s)

Statistics: 3 Credit(s)