CAAHEP Accredited
18 seats
Case Western Reserve University — Austin
Anesthesiologist assistant (CAA) program in Austin, Texas · CAA practice status in Texas →
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Note on confidence: Some details for this program rely on secondary reports or pending updates; see notes below for context.
Program Overview & Admissions
- Degree & Length
- Master of Science in Anesthesia (MSA)
- 24 months duration
- Cohort Seats
- 18 seats
- Austin annual outcomes report: 18 initially enrolled in the cohort graduating 2025 (entered May 2023), up from 12 in the inaugural cohort; no official published quota
- Starts & Deadline
- Starts: May
- CASAA: Dec 1, 2026
- Estimated Tuition
- $154,920
- Total two-year program tuition published by the program (6 semesters x $25,820; $77,460/year), excludes fees; uniform across all four campuses (2026-27)
Testing Requirement: GRE or MCAT required (within 3 years, weighted equally): recommended GRE at or above 60th percentile Verbal/Quant with 4.0+ Analytical Writing, or MCAT 500+; Casper situational-judgment test also required.
Shadowing: 16 hours recommended. Strongly recommended rather than required, ideally with a CAA in the operating room; the program's shadowing form is uploaded to CASAA source ↗
Admissions Statistics
Compare All Programs →Typical cycle, all CWRU locations
| Selectivity (as stated by program) | 8:1 program states: for every eight applicants, two receive an interview and one is accepted |
Source: CWRU MSA Program — Admissions FAQ · verified Aug 17, 2026
2025–26 matriculants, all CWRU locations
| Average GPA (cumulative) | 3.73 middle 80%: 3.42–3.95 |
| Average GPA (science) | 3.75 prerequisite GPA; middle 80%: 3.47–3.75 |
| Average MCAT | 506 middle 80%: 501–511 |
| Average GRE | Verbal 159 · Quant 161 · Writing 4.3 section averages; middle 80%: verbal 154–165, quant 156–165, writing 4.0–5.0 |
Source: CWRU MSA Program — Admissions Requirements (matriculant statistics) · verified Aug 17, 2026
Earlier FAQ (archived, mid-2024 to early 2025)
| Selectivity (as stated by program) | 4:1 then: for every four applicants, two interviewed, one accepted, with a goal of ~100 matriculants/year — the live FAQ now states 8:1 and ~120 |
Source: CWRU MSA Program — Admissions FAQ (archived July 2024) · verified Aug 17, 2026
Only figures the program or a cited public source has published appear here. A missing number means it isn't published — not that it's zero.
Prerequisite Coursework
Compare All Programs →- English (expository writing)
- General Biology I with lab
- General Biology II with lab
- General Chemistry I with lab
- General Chemistry II with lab
- Organic Chemistry I with lab
- Biochemistry
- Human Anatomy with lab
- Human Physiology
- Physics I with lab
- Physics II with lab
- Calculus I
- Statistics
Published Outcomes
| Metric | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| NCCAA certifying exam first-attempt pass rate | 93.75% (15/16) | 2025 |
| NCCAA certifying exam first-attempt pass rate (all cohorts to date) | 88.89% (24/27; 2024 class 9/11) | 2024-2025 |
| Employment | 100% (27/27 graduates) | 2024-2025 |
| Attrition (voluntary withdrawal, cumulative) | 10% (3/30 across first two cohorts) | 2024-2025 |
Program Notes
The newest CWRU location, a separate campus designation within the single CWRU CASAA application. The inaugural class began in May 2022, and the campus counts 27 graduates through 2025. Entering cohorts are growing (12 to 18), and the small denominators make outcome percentages noisy. Shared program facts like degree, length, tuition, deadline, prerequisites, and test policy are well-established; campus-specific figures are newer and thinner.