Immunizations will be requested upon offer

No waivers will be given for the prerequisites for admission.

Applicants who are emailed an invitation to interview for the program will also be emailed a graduate school questionnaire. The graduate school questionnaire must be completed PRIOR to interviewing with the program. Interview alternates may also be selected, and if selected as an interview alternate, will still be required to complete the graduate school questionnaire. This policy may change at the discretion of the USC Graduate School.

In order to fulfill the USC PA program requirement, as part of your CASPA application, you must include a minimum of three (3) letters of recommendation.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive each year, we are unable to offer individual meetings or tours. Group sessions will be intermittently announced during the admissions cycle. Tours are announced via Instagram.

Please see our information about prerequisite courses and admission requirements. If you have a question about a specific course you have completed or need to take, please send detailed information about the course to paprogram@uscmed.sc.edu.

Provided is an extensive list of common prerequisite courses (as of December 2024).

Many other courses will meet prerequisite requirements. Not all accepted courses are listed in the link above.

If you have a question as to whether a specific course will meet the requirements, please send a copy of the syllabus, along with your question, to paprogram@uscmed.sc.edu.

Tours are offered during Open House events and interview days.

These statistics can be found at the following website.

No, your application will not be reviewed until all prerequisite courses are completed.

The program offers seat deferrals on a case-by-case basis. For more information, please contact the program directly.