The Accreditation Standards for Physician Assistant Education reflect a determination that a commonality in the core professional curriculum of programs remains desirable and necessary to offer curricula of sufficient depth and breadth to prepare all PA graduates for practice.

These Standards are the requirements to which an accredited program is held accountable and provide the basis on which the ARC-PA will confer or deny program accreditation. The ARC-PA expects all accredited programs to be in compliance with the Standards at all times.