Master of Medical Science - Physician Assistant
Develop the skills to Care Significantly and enhance your ability to connect with patients through compassion, health equity, and greater well-being.
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Develop the skills to Care Significantly and enhance your ability to connect with patients through compassion, health equity, and greater well-being.
Prepare for a rewarding career in one of the fastest-growing healthcare careers with the Physician Assistant program at Mount St. Mary’s University. Our two-year Master of Medical Science curriculum offers clinical experience opportunities and resources that will allow our graduates to deliver patient-centered care to diverse populations.
Building a foundation of theory and practice, students will take courses taught by professional leaders in biomedical, social, behavioral, and clinical sciences. As a coursework complement, our Center for Clinician Well-Being and Care for America programs exemplify the Mount’s values-based ethos by offering resources highlighting the importance of compassion, equity, and well-being throughout a healthcare professional’s career.
We aim to go beyond the fundamentals of clinical medicine to deliver healthcare education rooted in compassion. We will prepare our graduates to care deeply about their patients, to provide and promote healthcare equality and to nurture their own personal well-being so that they can maintain joy and thrive.
The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) is an independent accrediting body for all PA Programs in the United States. The ARC-PA ensures PA programs meet rigorous standards for the interest of the public and the PA profession.
Mount St. Mary’s University has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). The Mount’s Physician Assistant Program anticipates matriculating its first class in January 2026, pending achieving Accreditation-Provisional status at the June 2025 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation – if fully implemented as planned – of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards, or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
In the event that the Mount St. Mary's University Physician Assistant Program does not achieve Accreditation-Provisional status as planned, students will not matriculate and will receive a full refund of tuition and deposits. Please note this does not include fees paid by applicants to the Centralized Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA).