Start serving the Tampa community and beyond with a Master of Medical Sciences in Physician Assistant (PA) Studies degree at Tampa from Lincoln Memorial University! Over the course of our 24-month program, you will build a solid foundation for clinical medicine in addition to gaining hands-on clinical experience. Careers as a PA are only continuing to grow, and there are so many communities in need.
The LMU Tampa PA program anticipates enrolling 100 students per cohort, with the first cohort starting January 2026, pending ARC-PA accreditation approval at its meeting in September 2025. Students will complete 115 credit hours over twenty-four (24) months. The program is designed to develop students into competent, professional, ethical, and compassionate PAs to practice clinical medicine. After successfully completing the program, graduates will be awarded a Master in Medical Science (MMS) degree.
The Lincoln Memorial University Tampa PA Program has applied for Accreditation - Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). The Lincoln Memorial University Tampa PA Program anticipates matriculating its first class in January 2026, pending achieving Accreditation - Provisional status at the September 2025 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. Accreditation – Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class. Accreditation-provisional remains in effect until the program achieves accreditation-continued after its third review, closes or withdraws from the accreditation process, or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards.
In the event the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) Physician Assistant Program – Tampa is not granted Accreditation-Provisional status from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), the Program will not commence and will not matriculate a student cohort in January 2026 as planned. If the Program is not granted Accreditation-Provisional status, applicants will be notified in writing and receive a full refund for any tuition and fees paid to the Program within 30 days of the Program receiving notification of the ARC-PA decision. Fees paid by applicants to the program will be reimbursed. Other expenses associated with the admissions process, such as interview travel, are not included in the LMU refund policy.
