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Physician Assistant Program Admissions

Physician Assistant Application Deadline: September 1, 2008 for the class that begins in May 2009

Prospective applicants are encouraged to attend one of the scheduled Physician Assistant program orientation seminars for information regarding the admission requirements, the application and selection process, course sequence, program costs, employment information, and duties and responsibilities of physician assistants.

Prior to final acceptance into the PA program, students will be required to submit a completed health examination record and a criminal background check.

The Physician Assistant curriculum is a 25-month full-time program. Students should plan their personal matters and financial resources accordingly. Employment while enrolled in the Physician Assistant program is not recommended.

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Applications will be considered complete when the following criteria has been met:

  • A complete Anne Arundel Community College application has been received by AACC’s Admissions office.
  • A complete CASPA application received by AACC’s Health Professions Admissions Office. To include all three letters of recommendation and all official transcripts received and verified on the CASPA application.
  • A complete AACC Physician Assistant Program supplemental application and fee received.
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher from a nationally recognized institution.
  • All five (5) prerequisite courses completed with a grade of “C” or higher and a cumulative prerequisite GPA of 3.0 or higher.
  • Cumulative, total GPA of a 3.0 or higher as calculated on the CASPA application. 
  • Patient Contact Experience form(s) submitted. If an applicant does not have patient contact experience, please submit form marked with “No Patient Contact Experience”. 
  • All official transcripts from all higher-level institutions attended sent directly from the institution to AACC’s Records and Registration office. You may use the college's transcript request form.
  • Foreign Medical Graduates and International Students: ECE, AACRAO or WES official evaluation(s) for all higher level institutions attended received by AACC, and English requirement met. 

FOR A COMPLETE PA APPLICATION PACKET, TO INCLUDE ALL PA ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL US healthprofessions@aacc.edu TO REQUEST ONE TO BE MAILED.

Anne Arundel Community College's Physician Assistant program does not grant credit for prior academic or work experience. Therefore, we do not offer advanced placement in either the didactic or clinical portions of the program.

The Anne Arundel Community College Physician Assistant program reserves the right to revise the admission requirements, selection criteria, administrative procedures and the physician assistant curriculum as deemed necessary without prior notification.


AACC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action, Title IX, ADA Title 504 compliant institution. Call Disability Support Services, 410-777-2306 or Maryland Relay 711, 72 hours in advance or e-mail dss@aacc.edu to request special accommodations. For information regarding Anne Arundel Community College's compliance and complaints concerning discrimination or harassment, call Karen L. Cook, Esq., AACC’s federal compliance manager, at 410-777-7370 or Maryland Relay 711.

Links to PA contact page.

Last Updated: Aug 5 2008 1:14PM