Utah Physician Assistant Program (MPAS)
University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine · Salt Lake City, UT
- Field: Physician Assistant
- Degrees: Master's
- GRE: Not accepted
- Letters: 3 (recommendations)
Deadlines
- CASPA submission deadline (2027 entering class; not rolling): Aug. 1, 2026
- CASPA verification deadline: Sept. 1, 2026
Essays
CASPA personal statement (Up to 5,000 characters (about 625 words))
CASPA program questions (Responses to questions posed on the CASPA application; scored)
Three letters of reference (Preferably clinicians who supervised you in health care; reviewed but not scored)
Editor's notes
- Utah's 2027-entry deadline (August 1, 2026) has passed; for the next cycle, note that Utah does not use rolling admissions and all prerequisites must be finished before you submit. The personal statement (5,000 characters) and the CASPA question responses are scored, while letters are read but not scored, so put your effort into the written answers. Preference goes to applicants with three or more listed factors, such as southern Utah residency, primary care or underserved-population exposure, a science GPA above 3.5 or more than 10,000 health care hours, so make any that apply explicit in your statement.
