PA master's for MSU-Meridian

STARKVILLE, Miss. - A Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree program at Mississippi State University at Meridian has achieved accreditation-provisional status, from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), and will enroll its first cohort at the Riley Campus in Meridian in January. The PA master’s is a 29-month curriculum. The accreditation-provisional status is the initial phase of accreditation for all new programs in a letter to MSU President Mark E. Keenum. “Located in a longtime Mississippi healthcare center like Meridian, the Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree program is a tremendous fit for MSU-Meridian and for East Central Mississippi,” said Keenum. Administrators have made final selections from more than 250 applicants and 50 finalists competing for 20 available cohort slots to begin studies on Jan. 6. (Source: MSU 10/26/20) https://www.meridian.msstate.edu/news/2020/10/26/msu-meridian%E2%80%99s-master-physician-assistant-studies-program-achieves-accreditation/