Current-cycle decision support
Turn confirmed information into a first practice
Why the physician assistant profession?
Practise explaining why the PA role fits your experiences and goals. Review whether you distinguish the profession clearly, use specific evidence, and connect your motivation to patient care; then record again with a sharper answer.
Quick facts
- Cycle label: Current Published Requirements
- Degree: Master of PA Medicine
- Length: 27 consecutive months, 101 credits
- Format: full-time, on campus
- Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
- GPA: 3.0 cumulative, science and prerequisite minimums
- Experience: 500 direct patient-care hours and eight PA-shadowing hours before matriculation
- Test: GRE, with a waiver for a prior graduate degree or accepted MCAT scores
- Interview: on campus with PA-faculty group activities
- Selection: rolling; cohort maximum published as 40
- Accreditation: Accreditation-Continued; next review March 2029
Official program and admissions page
Admission requirements
Applicants apply through CASPA and, if selected, complete a Lynchburg supplemental. Minimum cumulative, science and prerequisite GPAs are 3.0. A bachelor’s degree, three recommendations, a test score or qualifying waiver, 500 direct-patient-care hours and eight hours shadowing a licensed PA are required before enrollment. Official program
Important dates
- The current program page still shows a January 15, 2026 verified deadline, which is past.
- A replacement application deadline and entry year are not published on the page reviewed August 22, 2026.
- Rolling review may end when the cohort is filled.
- Applicants should use the live CASPA listing or obtain written confirmation from the program before relying on a deadline.
How selection works
Rolling review uses academic work, test scores, recommendations, supplemental responses, patient care, service and leadership. A rubric informs but does not solely determine the committee’s decision. Official program
Interview details
Confirmed
Qualified applicants may be invited to an on-campus interview. Interview day includes PA-faculty group activities, and decisions follow each session.
Not published
A current-cycle calendar, exercise durations, prompts and quantitative weights are not public. Official program
Who this program may suit
Lynchburg may fit applicants seeking a simulation-heavy, on-campus programme and a rolling process that values substantial direct care. Official program
Practice and next step
Record a first response explaining why the PA profession fits your goals. Review whether your example is specific and evidence-based. Record it again and compare.
Frequently asked questions
What cycle does this page cover?
Current Published Requirements. The program page's application deadline is stale, so this page does not assert a current deadline or entry year.
How much direct patient care is required?
Five hundred hours before matriculation, plus eight hours shadowing a licensed PA.
What is the interview format?
On campus. The program publishes group activities conducted by PA faculty but not the exercise timing or prompts.
What is the accreditation status?
Accreditation-Continued, with the next review listed for March 2029.
Sources
- University of Lynchburg MPAM program and admissions — curriculum, requirements, stale deadline, rolling review, interview activities and accreditation; reviewed 2026-08-22.
Recommended preparation
Physician Assistant Interview Essentials
Build a credible PA interview foundation through four focused spoken responses: profession-specific motivation, interprofessional teamwork, fair clinical decision-making, and reflective use of feedback.
Page history
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