Texas Tech PA program acceptance rate

How the Texas Tech rate is worked out

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Nadine and Tom Craddick Physician Assistant Studies Program does not post how many people apply, so we don't give a rate and don't estimate one. What it does publish is its class size: 72 students. For programs that do publish applicant counts, see the table of PA school acceptance rates by program.

Texas Tech PANCE pass rate

92% of the Class graduating August 2025 passed the PANCE, the national PA certification exam, on their first attempt. Accredited PA programs must post their NCCPA PANCE report for the last five classes. Source

Attrition was 15%, 10% and 10% for the Classes of 2023, 2024 and 2025, with graduation rates of 85%, 90% and 90%. Source

What Texas Tech asks of applicants

• A cumulative and science GPA of at least 3.0 as calculated by CASPA, and official GRE scores. Health care and shadowing hours are not required. Source
• Prerequisites: genetics, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, organic chemistry or biochemistry, psychology and statistics. Source
• The program runs 27 months. Source
• The 2026-2027 budget lists Texas resident tuition of $17,009, $15,279 and $3,748 for years one, two and three, and nonresident tuition of $42,261, $37,963 and $9,312. Source

Check where your grades land with our CASPA GPA calculator, which follows CASPA's own grade and subject rules.

Texas Tech deadline for 2027 entry

For the class starting May 24, 2027, the priority deadline was August 1, 2026 and applications closed October 1, 2026. Both have passed. Source

The Texas Tech PA interview

Interviews are by invitation only and are held on Zoom. The program typically interviews about 220 to 260 applicants for up to 72 seats. Source

About the Texas Tech PA program

• Students spend 15 months in classes in Midland, then 12 months on clinical rotations across Texas and parts of New Mexico. Source
• The mission centers on primary care for medically underserved areas of West Texas, and every student in the Classes of 2022 to 2025 did a primary care rotation in a rural or underserved area. Source

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