Course Overview

With a robust healthcare ecosystem and growing medical education contingency, there is no better place to reach your potential as a physician assistant than in Nashville, the healthcare industry capital of the U.S.  Let us help you prepare for your future career as a PA through excellence in education, meaningful engagement, and the empowerment of students.  With small class sizes, veteran faculty, and state-of-the-art facilities, the School of Physician Assistant Studies offers a top-tier education aimed at impacting healthcare, one student at a time.

At Lipscomb University, Christian faith is foundational, infused in both the curriculum and the campus community. Our PA program will serve your spiritual and vocational goals, as you train to serve others.

On your way to becoming a PA,  our dedicated faculty and staff will mentor and guide you through every step of the process, remaining invested in your success. Once you graduate, you will become peers and colleagues in one of the fastest-growing and most rewarding health professions in the United States.

General Eligibility

We will accept online credit for classes with corresponding labs ONLY if the transition to an online platform was due to COVID-19 and assuming all other prerequisite criteria are met. Please answer the questions in CASPA to indicate any courses this may have affected.

Classes and their corresponding labs taught online before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted in-class/lab teaching will not be accepted.

The admissions committee may require official documentation from your institution.

Further updates and changes are possible as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue.

Credit Hours:

124

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component.