Innovative and Student-Centered
This program was created by leaders and pioneers in hybrid PA education to enhance your success through personalized faculty support, small cohorts, and innovative teaching tools.
Academics About Hybrid PA
Touro University’s hybrid Physician Assistant (PA) master’s degree program offers a flexible route to PA certification. An innovative format combines online coursework with on-campus immersions, allowing you to advance your healthcare career while balancing your personal life and commitments.
Program Overview
The hybrid PA program combines Touro’s 50+ year legacy in PA education with its modern, student-centered approach, preparing you to partner with physicians and assist in delivering diagnoses and patient care plans.
We anticipate our first start date to be September 2027.
About the Degree
Our Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MSPAS) degree program prepares you to make an impact through nearby clinical rotations and a rigorous curriculum of engaging hybrid learning. You’ll graduate ready to become a confident, skilled PA working alongside physicians to solve complex healthcare challenges in private practices, hospitals, and clinical settings.
Hybrid PA Format
The 32-month, 124-credit hybrid PA program follows an innovative format consisting of 16 months of online coursework with five brief in-person immersions, 12 months of local clinical rotations, and a four-month culminating semester.
Location
Touro University's Montana physician assistant program offers hands-on training immersions at the Touro Montana training facility. You'll be able to take classes at home and clinical rotations close to home, and come to our Montana campus for clinical immersions.
“Our vision is to establish a physician assistant program grounded in rigorous academics, compassionate care, and the highest standards of clinical excellence. We aspire not only to educate but to extend the reach of PA professionals into more communities, enriching lives through service and skill. Today, that vision continues to take shape as we prepare to welcome a new cohort of pioneers in September 2027.”
- James Van Rhee, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA
Founding Hybrid PA Program Director
Why Touro’s Hybrid PA?
Flexible and Local
Train to become a PA without relocating. From online courses to local clinical experiences to short on-campus immersions, our format supports students with obligations, families, and roots in their communities.
On-Campus Immersions Clinical Rotations
Strong Community
Join a supportive learning community that connects you with faculty and mentors, helping you advance in your career. Your peers are career changers, veterans, working professionals, caregivers, and community-focused leaders, all sharing a commitment to care.
Student Life Faculty and Staff
Touro Legacy
For more than five decades, Touro has been at the forefront of physician assistant education. The hybrid PA program expands our mission of service and leadership in healthcare to communities across the U.S. Touro PA students benefit from our rigorous training, hands-on learning, and access to excellent healthcare educators nationwide.
Touro PA Programs Our Mission
Admissions and Financial Aid
We are here to assist you in navigating how to apply to the PA program or for financial aid, from your initial questions to your final semester. Our admissions team guides you through each step, ensuring you feel confident in your decision to advance your career as a physician assistant.
Admissions and Aid
Program Outcomes & Policies
Explore key statistics about our graduates' outcomes. Review graduation rates (program completion rates) and the average PANCE exam scores of our hybrid PA graduates.
Graduation Rates
PANCE Scores
Policies
Accreditation
Touro University Hybrid PA Program - Montana has applied for Accreditation - Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Touro University Hybrid PA Program - Montana anticipates matriculating its first class in September 2027, pending achieving Accreditation - Provisional status at the April 2027 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation - Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
Hybrid PA Program Next Steps
Take the next step toward your future as a physician assistant with Touro’s flexible, online hybrid PA master’s degree program. Whether you’re exploring your options or ready to apply, we’ll help you start strong.
