UAB PA program acceptance rate

How the UAB rate is worked out

UAB Physician Associate 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: 60 students. For programs that do publish applicant counts, see the table of PA school acceptance rates by program.

UAB PANCE pass rate

96% of the Class of 2025 passed the PANCE, the national PA certification exam, on their first attempt. Its five-year first-time pass rate (2020 to 2024) is 95%. Accredited PA programs must post their NCCPA PANCE report for the last five classes. Source Five-year source

Attrition was 5%, 8% and 3% for the Classes of 2023, 2024 and 2025, with graduation rates of 95%, 92% and 97%. Source

What UAB asks of applicants

• A cumulative, science and prerequisite GPA of at least 3.0 each, with at least a C in every prerequisite, plus GRE scores. Source
• Healthcare experience is preferred but not required. Source
• Prerequisites: biology, microbiology, human anatomy, human physiology, general chemistry, statistics, six hours of psychology (general and developmental or abnormal) and medical terminology. Source
• The entering class's average science GPA was 3.60 (2025-2027 cohort). Source
• The program runs 27 months. Source
• The 2025-26 booklet puts tuition for all 115 credit hours at $70,150 in state and $173,075 out of state. Source

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

UAB deadline for 2027 entry

CASPA was due August 1 and the UAB supplemental application August 7, both at 11:59 pm, with CASPA verification by October 1, 2026. All have passed. Source

The UAB PA interview

UAB says applicants interview with faculty and alumni, but it doesn't publish whether that is one-on-one, a panel or an MMI, or whether it is virtual. Source

About the UAB PA program

• Founded in 1967, UAB calls itself the second oldest PA program in the nation. Source
• Students get a cadaver dissection experience alongside anatomy and a live pig lab, and rotate in and around Birmingham. Source
• UAB doesn't publish total applicant counts. Its class has held at 56 to 60 students for the last five cohorts. Source

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