Physician Assistant Program Updates

The launch of the Agnes Scott Physician Assistant program is well underway. The 24-month PA program will embody the diverse culture of Agnes Scott College and prepare students to practice evidence-based medicine, serve diverse patient communities, and assume leadership roles that promote inclusive healthcare. In doing so, the program will meet the growing need for PAs in metro Atlanta, where the demand for PAs is projected to increase by 34%, compared to 26% nationally, by 2033 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Interested in applying? Details about this program can be found at agnesscott.edu/pa. Applicants interested in applying to join the first cohort in October 2025 can apply now through December 1, 2024.

Are you a potential preceptor or do you work in a facility to serve our PA students with their clinical experience? You can help us secure agreements for students who will begin their clinical rotations in October 2026, following one year of didactic education. Students will complete required rotations in community health, hospital medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and behavioral medicine. 

Complete this Preceptor Interest Form, and our PA team will follow up with you.   

Agnes Scott College has applied for Accreditation - Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).  Agnes Scott College PA Program anticipates matriculating its first class in October 2025, pending achieving Accreditation - Provisional status at the June 2025 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation - Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation- provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.