dinuliya Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Hello, I would really appreciate it if anyone could give me feedback on the following two questions. I have a question about the credit hours listed on PA school website of the school I got accepted to this year. This program is only 54 credits for 24 months in length. From interviewing at different PA programs, the programs were always 100+ credit hours long (one of the programs I was accepted to was 24 months and 150 credits and another one was 129 credits). I was wondering if anyone knew the reason for this significant difference in credit hours. I tried to contact the program for two days and no one is able to answer my question. I got two responses: "that's the way this program is set up" or "this is done to keep the program's cost down”, so not all of the credits are "billed for". Either way, something does not seem right. Also I have a question for those who moved out of state to attend PA school and then decided to go back home to work. Is it true that one would have a lot harder time getting a job in their "home state" after attending PA school elsewhere? Thank you so much for your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdumoch Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'm not sure about the whole thing with the credits.. but as far as going to PA school out of state, I don't believe its difficult to then get a job where you live. As long as you get licensed where you wish to practice I wouldn't even see it being taken into consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meaux Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I went to PA school out of state, as did at least 1/4 of my class. We all moved back to our home states, no one had a problem getting a job at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinuliya Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Thank you so much for your responses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdangerous Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'm assuming you're talking about Wayne State? Their program is 54 credits. As a state-funded school, WSU (or whatever school your talking about, I'm presuming) tries to keep tuition down as much as possible. There is a set credit-hour rate for all of the professional programs. I believe the rate for PA is about 600-700$ per cr. Instead of reducing the credit hour rate, they simply reduce the number of credits. If you look on the website, they list both 'credit hours' for the class and 'contact hours.' You'll find that 2 credit classes are often 8+ contact hours (like a lab). It all works out in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinuliya Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hey Jdangerous! Thanks for your response. I have heard a few students tell me the same thing as you have stated above. However, how come the programs that are the same length and are about 150 credits cost the same as WSU? (and it is one of the top rated PA programs in the nation). I really don't mean to comare, I just want to make sure that I understand everything completely about the program I will be attending. When I called WSU and talked to 4 different people, they could not give me an answer so I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdangerous Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 No problem! It's just a matter of logistics. I know you aren't really satisfied with that answer but that's all it is. You end up learning the same thing. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinuliya Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Thats all I wanted to make sure :) Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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