The 2024 application cycle closed September 1, 2024. Please review our website for 2025 application/admission requirements. CASPA will open late April 2025.
The Red Rocks Physician Assistant Program is a rigorous 27-month, state-sponsored, nationally accredited program. The program was established in 1998 and has maintained accreditation since inception. The RRCC PA program is the only community college in the US to confer its own master's degree.
Each cohort includes 32 students. Graduates of the RRCC PA program receive a Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS). The RRCC PA program has a long history of educating competent, community-minded PAs to practice primary care. Our graduates receive exceptional training and are well-prepared to enter clinical practice upon graduation.
History of the Red Rocks Physician Assistant Program
The Program was created in 1998 after several years of needs assessment and after community support was determined to be strong. The first class was admitted in January of 1999; subsequent classes were admitted in August of each year thereafter beginning in 1999.
Our accepted students have been successful in careers such as nursing, physical therapy, emergency services, exercise physiology, medical assisting, radiographic technology, respiratory therapy, and audiology, among many others. Some students hold a master's or doctoral degree; all have a baccalaureate degree prior to acceptance. Admission to the program is extremely competitive. The average age of each class is between 28 and 30 years old. The RRCC PA Program accepts 32 students per year.
Mission:
The mission of the RRCC PA Program is to prepare physician assistants to serve all communities by practicing professional, empathetic, inclusive, team-based medicine with a focus on primary care and an emphasis on excellence.
For more information about our program goals, please click here.
If you have questions about the PA profession, a great website for info is www.aapa.org (link is external)