Passionate about health care?

If you’re passionate about health care, becoming a physician assistant may be just the path for you.

Physician assistants practice in numerous areas, including family medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, psychiatry, oncology, plastic surgery, dermatology, neurology, and many other specialties.

Presbyterian College Physician Assistant Studies Program students engage in the practices of medicine, examination of patients, ordering diagnostic tests, assisting in surgery, and performing medical research. The program awards a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies after completing a full-time 24 month graduate program.

Established in 1880, Presbyterian College is home to many outstanding graduates. Our motto is Dum Vivimus Servimus—“While We Live, We Serve”—and we take that to heart. Our graduates venture out into the world with an understanding of service, and community, and apply these fundamentals in their careers and day-to-day life.

View the latest Physician Assistants Program Flyer.

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To schedule a visit or learn more, please contact:

Josh Tyson
Director of Graduate Enrollment
jhtyson@presby.edu
864-938-3746

The Admissions Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

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Accreditation

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Presbyterian College Physician Assistant Studies Program sponsored by Presbyterian College. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards.
Accreditation remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards. The approximate date for the next validation review of the program by the ARC-PA will be September 2033. The review date is contingent upon continued compliance with the Accreditation Standards and ARC-PA policy.
The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at https://www.arc-pa.org/accreditation-history-presbyterian-college/.