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State |
School |
Start Date |
Duration |
| AL | University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham) | Aug | 27 mo. |
| AL | University of South Alabama (Mobile) | May | 27 mo. |
| AR | Harding University (Searcy) | Aug | 26 mo. |
| AZ | AT Still University, Arizona School of Health Sciences (Mesa) | June | 26 mo. |
| AZ | Midwestern University (Glendale) | June | 27 mo. |
| CA | Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Los Angeles) | Aug | 24 mo. |
| CA | Loma Linda University (Loma Linda) | Sept | 24 mo. |
| CA | Riverside Community College | Aug | 24 mo. |
| CA | Samuel Merritt College (Oakland) | Sept | 28 mo. |
| CA | San Joaquin Valley College (Visalia) | June | 24 mo. |
| CA | Stanford University School of Medicine (Palo Alto) | Sept | 16 mo. |
| CA | Touro University - California (Joint MSPAS/MPH Program) (Vallejo, CA) | Aug | 32 mo. |
| CA | University of Southern California Primary Care PA Program (AKA Keck School of Medicine, Alhambra) | Fall | 33 mo. |
| CA | University of California Davis (Sacramento) | July | 24 mo. |
| CA | Western University of Health Science (Pomona) | Aug | 24 mo. |
| CO | University of Colorado at Denver Physician Assistant Program (Aurora) | May | 36 mo. |
| CT | Quinnipiac University (Hamden) | Summer | 27 mo. |
| CT | Yale University (New Haven) | Sept | 27 mo. |
| DC | Howard University | Aug | 28 mo. |
| DC | George Washington University | Fall | 24 or 36 mo. |
| DE | Arcadia University - Delaware Campus (Newark) | May | 24 mo. |
| FL | Barry University - Miami Shores Campus | Aug | 28 mo. |
| FL | Nova Southeastern University - Ft. Lauderdale /Orlando/Naples | June | 27 mo. |
| FL | University Of Florida | June | 24 mo. |
| GA | Emory University | Aug | 28 mo. |
| GA | Medical College of Georgia ( Augusta) | May | 27 mo. |
| GA | South University ) | Jan | 27 mo. |
| GA | Mercer University (Atlanta) | Jan | 28 mo. |
| IA | Des Moines University | July | 25 mo. |
| IA | University of Iowa | May | 25 mo. |
| ID | Idaho State University | Aug | 24 mo. |
| IL | John H. Strogger Jr. Hospital of Cook County/Malcom X College | Jun | 25 mo. |
| IL | Midwestern University, Downers Grove | June | 27 mo. |
| IL | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (Chicago) | May | 24 mo. |
| IL | Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) | June | 26 mo. |
| IN | Butler University/Clarian Health (Indianapolis) | Aug | 30 mo. |
| IN | University of Saint Francis Fort Wayne | May | 27 mo. |
| KA | Wichita State University | June | 27 mo. |
| LA | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Shreveport) | May | 27 mo. |
| LA | Our Lady of the Lake College (Baton Rouge) | Jan | 28 mo. |
| MA | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Boston) | Sept. | 30 mo. |
| MA | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Manchester & Worchester) | Jan | 24 mo. |
| MA | Springfield College (Springfield) | Sept. | 63 mo. |
| MD | Anne Arundel Community College | May | 25 mo. |
| MD | Towson University - CCBC ESSEX (Towson –suburb of Baltimore) | Jun | 26 mo. |
| ME | University of New England (Portland, Maine) | June | 24 mo. |
| MI | Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant) | May | 27 mo. |
| MI | University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit) | Sept | 24 or 32 mo. |
| MI | Wayne State University (Detroit) | Spring | 24 mo. |
| MI | Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) | Sept | 24 mo. |
| MN | Augsburg College (Minneapolis, MN) | May | 36 mo. |
| MO | Missouri State University (Springfield) | Jan | 24 mo. |
| MO | Saint Louis University (St Louis, MO) | Aug | 27 mo. |
| MT | Rocky Mountain College (Billings, Montana) | Summer | 26 mo. |
| NC | Duke University | Aug | 24 mo. |
| NC | East Carolina University (Greenville, NC) | Aug | 27 mo. |
| NC | Methodist University (Fayetteville, NC) | Fall | 27 mo. |
| NC | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) | June | 27 mo. |
| NE | Union College (Lincoln, NE) | Aug | 32 mo. |
| NE | University of Nebraska Medical Center | Fall | 28 mo. |
| NH | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences – (Manchester and Worcester, MA) | Jan | 24 mo. |
| NH | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences – (Boston, MA) | Fall | 30 mo. |
| NM | University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) | June | 27 mo. |
| NM | University of St. Francis - New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) | Jan | 27 mo. |
| NV | Touro University - Nevada (Henderson, NV) | Aug | 30 mo. |
| NY | Albany Medical College (Albany, NY) | Jan | 28 mo. |
| NY | Cornell University - Weill Medical College (NYC, NY) | Aug | 26 mo. |
| NY | Daemen College Master of Sciences in PA Studies (Amherst, NY) | Sept | 36 mo. |
| NY | Le Moyne College (Syracuse, NY) | Fall | 24 mo. |
| NY | Long Island University (Brooklyn, NY) | Aug | 4 yr (BS program) |
| NY | Mercy College Graduate Program (Dobbs Ferry, NY) | June | 27 mo. |
| NY | New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, NY) | Sept | 36 mo. |
| NY | Pace University - Lenox Hill Hospital (NYC, NY) | Sept. | 26 mo. |
| NY | St. John's University | Fall | 24 mo. |
| NY | Stony Brook University | June | 27 mo. |
| NY | Touro College School of Health Science - New York(Bay Shore) | Sept | 23 mo. |
| NY | Touro College School of Health Science - Winthrop Extension Center (January 2008 start date) | Aug | 32 mo. |
| NY | Cuyahoga Community College (Parma, OH) | May | 27mo. |
| OH | Kettering College of Medical Arts (Dayton, OH) | Summer | 27 mo. |
| OH | Marietta College (Marietta, OH) | June | 27 mo. |
| OH | The University of Findlay (Findlay, OH) | June | 27 mo. |
| OH | University of Toledo - Health Science Campus (Toledo, OH) | Fall | 27 mo. |
| OR | Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, OR) | June | 26 mo. |
| OR | Pacific University (Forest Grove, OR) | May | 28 mo. |
| PA | Arcadia University | May | 24 or 26 mo. |
| PA | Chatham University (Pittsburg, PA) | Fall | 24 mo. |
| PA | DeSales University (Center Valley, PA) | Aug | 24 mo. |
| PA | Drexel University Hahnemann (Philadelphia, PA) | Fall | 27 mo. |
| PA | King's College (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Aug | 24 mo. |
| PA | Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania (Lock Haven, PA) | May | 24 mo. |
| PA | Marywood University | May | 27 mo. |
| PA | Pennsylvania College of Optometry | Fall | 25 mo. |
| PA | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | Aug | 25 mo. |
| PA | Philadelphia University | Fall | 25 mo. |
| PA | Saint Francis University | May | 24 mo. |
| PA | Seton Hill University | Jan | 29 mo. |
| SD | University of South Dakota | July | 28 mo. |
| TN | Trevecca Nazarene University | May | 27 mo. |
| TX | Baylor College of Medicine | June | 30 mo. |
| TX | Texas Tech University Health Science Center | Summer | 27 mo. |
| TX | University of Texas Medical Branch | Aug | 26 mo. |
| TX | University of Texas Science Center at San Antonio | Fall | 33 mo. |
| TX | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | May | 31 mo. |
| UT | University of Utah | Summer | 27 mo. |
| VA | Eastern Virginia Medical | Jan | 27 mo. |
| VA | James Madison University | Aug | 28 mo. |
| VA | Jefferson College of Health Sciences | Fall | 27 mo. |
| VA | Shenandoah University | Aug | 27 mo. |
| WA | University of Washington - Medex Northwest | Aug | 24 mo. |
| WI | University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Gundersen, Mayo | June | 24 mo. |
| WI | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Summer | 24 mo. |
| WV | Alderson-Broaddus College PA Program Philippi, WV | Fall | 36mo. |