Entry Level Previously Accredited or Transferred Programs

The programs listed below were previously accredited by CAHEA, CAAHEP or the ARC-PA, but have either closed, withdrawn from the accreditation process or transferred sponsorship as indicated below.

StateClosed or Transferred ProgramsOpenedClosed
ALMedex University of Alabama-BirminghamJun-73Aug-76
AZCommunity Health MedicSep-721983
AZEmergency Nurse Practitioner-Maricopa County General HospitalOct-80Apr-82
CACalifornia State University - Monterey BayJun-18May-24
CACharles Drew UniversitySep-72Mar-10
CALoma Linda University (Reaccredited9/15/2000)Oct-79Oct-81
CAMoreno Valley College (formerly Riverside)Apr-99Oct-16
CASan Joaquin Valley CollegeMar-03Oct-15
CAUnited States Navy *Apr-80Aug-82
CAUnited States Navy *Apr-896-May
COUniversity of Colorado (Ob-Gyn Associate)Mar-75Jun-77
DCHoward UniversityNov-73May-18
FLKeiser UniversitySep-09Dec-21
FLSanta Fe Community CollegeJun-73Jan-78
ILJohn H. Stroger Hospital Of Cook County/Malcolm X (a.k.a. Chicago City-Wide/Cook County from 1988-1992)Oct-88Sep-13
INIndiana UniversityNov-73Aug-77
KYUniversity of the CumberlandsSep-09May-13
LAOur Lady of the Lake College (Reaccredited in September 2010)Sep-05May-13
MDThe John Hopkins UniversityNov-74Jun-79
MDUniversity of Maryland Eastern ShoreJun-01Dec-15
MOStephens CollegeDec-76Oct-78
MSUniversity of MississippiSep-72Jan-75
NCCatawba Valley Technical CollegeApr-78Nov-80
NCLenoir-Rhyne University Sep-15May-21
NCUniversity of North Carolina (Surgeon’s Assistant)Oct-78Aug-81
NDMedex University of North DakotaNov-74Apr-75
NHDartmouth Medical SchoolFeb-73Jan-76
NJUniversity of Dentistry & Medicine of New Jersey (Students transferred to UMDNJ, formerly UMDNJ/Rutgers University)Mar-03Dec-03
NJSeton Hall University/ UMDNJApr-973-Sep
NMGallup Indian Medical CenterNov-73Aug-83
NYBayley Seton Hospital Program (this program became the St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center program, which has now become the current St. John’s program)Nov-72Oct-95
NYBronx-Lebanon Hospital CenterApr-96Dec-05
NYSt. Vincent Catholic Medical Center (Bayley Seton Hospital); this became the current St. John’s programNov-72Jul-05
NYTouro University – Bayshore (Reaccredited in March 1991)Jun-73Sep-90
OHCincinnati Technical CollegeNov-74Oct-79
OHCuyahoga Community College / Cleveland State UniversityMar-74Dec-18
OHCuyahoga Community College SA Program **Apr-792005
OHLake Erie CollegeMar-77Jul-87
PACommunity College of Allegheny CountyApr-80Aug-85
PAMCP Hahnemann University (this program became the current Drexel University program)Sept-72Jul-02
PAMisericordia UniversityMar-12Aug-17
PAPennsylvania State University (Hershey Medical Center)Mar-74Sep-86
PAUniversity of the SciencesSep-12May-19
SCFrancis Marion UniversityMar-16Dec-20
SCMedical University of South Carolina (Reaccredited in 1995)Nov-73Jun-83
TNBethel College (Reaccredited in 2008)Mar-01Dec-06
TNChristian Brothers University (Reaccredited in 2017)Sep-11May-17
TXUnited States Air Force Sheppard AFB *Sep-72Jun-85
TXUnited States Air Force Sheppard AFB *Oct-91Jun-97
TXUnited States Army ***Jun-73Aug-77
VAUS Navy *Apr-80Aug-86
WAHeritage University Mar-14May-21
WIMarshfield Clinic FoundationMar-74Oct-81
WVAlderson Broaddus College (Reaccredited in 1996)Sep-73Mar-95
WVAlderson Broaddus College (Reaccredited in September 2010)Mar-96Sep-09
WVAlderson Broaddus University Sep-10Sep-23
WVMountain State University (sponsorship transferred to U of Charleston, West Virginia 1.2013)Apr-96Oct-14

* Military branch programs are now combined into the Interservice Program in Texas
** Cuyahoga Community College combined its PA and SA programs into one PA program in the Spring of 2005.
*** The Army program was first accredited in June, 1973. It closed in August, 1977 and was accredited again in September 1980 under the name US Army Academy of Health Sciences. Accreditation continued under the name of Army Medical Center and School AMEDDC&S (Academy of Health Sciences). In May, 1996 the ARC-PA accepted the transfer of the program’s accreditation to what is now called the Interservice Physician Assistant Program Academy of Health Sciences.