PA Programs With Physician Assistant Shadowing Not Required

The majority of US physician assistant (PA) programs (157) recommend physician assistant shadowing hours to apply to their program.

44 PA programs require PA shadowing hours as part of your CASPA application.

For applicants who have little (or no) physician assistant shadowing hours, there are 91 PA programs have set their PA shadowing requirement as not required, and two US physician assistant programs who have no specified requirements.

PA Programs That Don’t Require Shadowing Hours

1. Anne Arundel Community College Physician Assistant Program
2. Assumption University Physician Assistant Program
3. Barry University-Miami Physician Assistant Program
4. Barry University-St. Petersburg Physician Assistant Program
5. Baylor College of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
6. Boston University School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
7. Brenau University Physician Assistant Program
8. Bryant University Physician Assistant Program
9. Butler University Physician Assistant Program
10. Canisius College Physician Assistant Program
11. Carlow University Physician Assistant Program
12. Case Western Reserve University Physician Assistant Program
13. Central Michigan University Physician Assistant Program
14. Christian Brothers University Physician Assistant Program
15. College of Saint Mary Physician Assistant Program
16. D’youville College Physician Assistant Program
17. Elizabethtown College
18. Fairleigh Dickinson University Physician Assistant Program
19. Faulkner University Physician Assistant Program
20. Gannon University Physician Assistant Program
21. Gannon University-Ruskin Physician Assistant Program
22. Gardner Webb University Physician Assistant Program
23. George Washington University Physician Assistant Program
24. Indiana State University Physician Assistant Program
25. James Madison University Physician Assistant Program
26. Marietta University Physician Assistant Program
27. Marist College Physician Assistant Program
28. Marshall B. Ketchum University Physician Assistant Program
29. MCPHS University- Boston Physician Assistant Program
30. Mercy College Physician Assistant Program
31. Mercyhurst University Physician Assistant Program
32. Methodist University Physician Assistant Program
33. Michigan State University Physician Assistant Program
34. Midwestern University-Glendale Physician Assistant Program
35. Misericordia University Physician Assistant Program
36. Monmouth University Physician Assistant Program
37. Morehouse School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
38. Northeastern State University Physician Assistant Program
39. Northern Arizona University Physician Assistant Program
40. Northwestern College Physician Assistant Program
41. Nova Southeastern University Physician Assistant Program, Jacksonville
42. Nova Southeastern University-Fort Lauderdale Physician Assistant Program
43. Nova Southeastern University-Orlando Physician Assistant Program
44. Ohio University Physician Assistant Program
45. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Physician Assistant Program
46. Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital Physician Assistant Program
47. Pacific University Physician Assistant Program
48. Penn State University Physician Assistant Program
49. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Physician Assistant Program
50. Point Loma Nazarene University Physician Assistant Program
51. Quinnipiac University Physician Assistant Program
52. Radford University Physician Assistant Program
53. Red Rocks Community College Physician Assistant Program
54. Rocky Vista University Physician Assistant Program
55. Rush University Physician Assistant Program
56. Sacred Heart University Physician Assistant Program
57. Saint Catherine University Physician Assistant Program
58. Salus University Physician Assistant Program
59. Slippery Rock University Physician Assistant Program
60. South University, Tampa Physician Assistant Program
61. South University, West Palm Beach Physician Assistant Program
62. Southern California University of Health Sciences Physician Assistant Program
63. St. Ambrose University Physician Assistant Program
64. St. John’s University Physician Assistant Program
65. Stanford University Physician Assistant Program
66. Stony Brook University Physician Assistant Program
67. The CUNY School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
68. Touro University-Nevada Physician Assistant Program
69. Towson University CCBC Essex – Essex Physician Assistant Program
70. University of Bridgeport Physician Assistant Program
71. University of California-Davis Physician Assistant Program
72. University of Colorado Physician Assistant Program
73. University of Iowa Physician Assistant Program
74. University of Michigan-Flint Physician Assistant Program
75. University of North Carolina Physician Assistant Program
76. University of North Dakota Physician Assistant Program
77. University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Physician Assistant Program
78. University of Saint Francis-Indiana Physician Assistant Program
79. University of St. Francis-New Mexico Physician Assistant Program
80. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Physician Assistant Program
81. University of the Cumberlands-Florence Physician Assistant Program
82. University of Toledo Physician Assistant Program
83. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Physician Assistant Program
84. University of Wisconsin-Madison Physician Assistant Program
85. Valparaiso University Physician Assistant Program
86. Wagner College Physician Assistant Program
87. Wayne State University Physician Assistant Program
88. West Virginia University School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program
89. Western Michigan University Physician Assistant Program
90. Wingate University Physician Assistant Program
91. Wingate University-Hendersonville Physician Assistant Program

Follow this link to see a full breakdown of PA programs sorted by PA shadowing requirements.

For a more detailed analysis of PA school shadowing requirements and tips, read my post on my companion website: Finding a Physician Assistant Mentor: The Foolproof PA Shadowing Guide.