medstudent Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I just wondering if PA schools are as aggressive in recruiting minorities as medical and law schools are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mktalon Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yes, they are looking for the minority that have stellar GPA's and great HCE. ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mktalon Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 But seriously, from the stats I've seen, I don't think so. There seems to be a heavy majority of whites, and a sprinkling of minorities. But that is just from the handful of schools that I have researched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted December 24, 2011 Moderator Share Posted December 24, 2011 depends on the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiaroscuro27 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 This absolutely depends on the program. Do some research and you will find there are a handful of PA programs where minority students make up the majority of the class. Here's a hint: start your search in NY. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterallsummer Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Are you bilingual??? Or native American? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulPA Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Some will but you still have to meet ALL the minimum requirements! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calad Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Sophie Davis I believe is very big on policies such as these 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESH Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) Welcome to the Forum. For the past 16 years minority enrollment has hovered around 22%. I checked past reports. Sorry for my previous statement of 21%. http://www.paeaonline.org/index.php?...ction/i/131176 see page 9 for last CASPA data. There are about 20 programs that have historically had minority enrollment > than the national ave. Programs in NY, Maryland, DC, NC, Fla, Ill, Texas, Washington and California tend to have higher enrollment due to greater numbers of minority applicants or mission statements addressing increasing diversity in the workforce. There are two programs located in HBCUs ( Howard & University of Maryland Eastern Shore) and several housed in institutions that that would be considered HSIs (mostly in Fla, Texas and California). Sophie Davis in Harlem, Miami Dade and Cook County in Chicago have been graduating a largest % of minority students per class I think. The non MS programs tend to have higher minority enrollment than the MS programs. Medex, GW, Duke, USC, Pacific, Baylor, Utah, UT Pan American, Stanford are programs that have been successful matriculating minorities or mission driven to having a diverse class. There are others but these have a long history. IMHO the PA profession's efforts are as aggressive as Medicine's. The national education organizations work together. PAEA works with AAMC , NAMME, NMA on issues of best practices in admissions of students. Good luck in your future PA endeavors. LesH Edited December 26, 2011 by LESH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouBelle2020 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 On 12/24/2011 at 11:16 AM, chiaroscuro27 said: This absolutely depends on the program. Do some research and you will find there are a handful of PA programs where minority students make up the majority of the class. Here's a hint: start your search in NY. More than a handful for sure...nearly four handfuls... On 12/25/2011 at 12:22 PM, LESH said: Welcome to the Forum. For the past 16 years minority enrollment has hovered around 22%. I checked past reports. Sorry for my previous statement of 21%. http://www.paeaonline.org/index.php?...ction/i/131176 see page 9 for last CASPA data. There are about 20 programs that have historically had minority enrollment > than the national ave. Programs in NY, Maryland, DC, NC, Fla, Ill, Texas, Washington and California tend to have higher enrollment due to greater numbers of minority applicants or mission statements addressing increasing diversity in the workforce. There are two programs located in HBCUs ( Howard & University of Maryland Eastern Shore) and several housed in institutions that that would be considered HSIs (mostly in Fla, Texas and California). Sophie Davis in Harlem, Miami Dade and Cook County in Chicago have been graduating a largest % of minority students per class I think. The non MS programs tend to have higher minority enrollment than the MS programs. Medex, GW, Duke, USC, Pacific, Baylor, Utah, UT Pan American, Stanford are programs that have been successful matriculating minorities or mission driven to having a diverse class. There are others but these have a long history. IMHO the PA profession's efforts are as aggressive as Medicine's. The national education organizations work together. PAEA works with AAMC , NAMME, NMA on issues of best practices in admissions of students. Good luck in your future PA endeavors. LesH Interesting, thank you for this post. On 12/25/2011 at 1:02 AM, calad said: Sophie Davis I believe is very big on policies such as these 100% PANCE pass rate...not bad for a majority minority program...many can't boast the same! https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/csom/physician-assistant-program But living in NYC is a factor many don't want to deal with (cost of living, culture clashes etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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