Class Profiles

The following table represents information regarding the most recent matriculated classes. In general, students accepted into the OHSU PA Program come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

The program strives to recruit students from across the nation. Entering students bring experience in health care from many types of backgrounds to include experience as emergency medical technicians (EMT), paramedics, certified nursing assistants (CNA), medical assistants, phlebotomists, scribes, and naturopaths to name a few.

Although the program doesn’t require or prefer a specific major for entering students, we tend to see most bachelor’s degrees from areas such as biology, psychology, and general science. We have seen a fair number of bachelor’s degrees in English, History, Art History, etc., and these entering students will usually have obtained their science credits as a post-baccalaureate student.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Applicants 1694 1230 1396 1184 1322 1313
Interviews 160 150 144 136 175 153
Selected 42 41 30 32 41 41
Average GPA 3.42 3.47 3.53 3.54 3.52 3.66
Average HCE (years) 3.0 2.75 2.2 2.1 2.9 2.5
Average Age 29 29 27 26 27 25
OR Resident 27 25 15 12 13 16
Non-OR Resident 15 16 15 20 28 26