CAAHEP Accredited
31 seats
Case Western Reserve University — Washington, DC
Anesthesiologist assistant (CAA) program in Washington, District of Columbia · CAA practice status in District of Columbia →
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Program Overview & Admissions
- Degree & Length
- Master of Science in Anesthesia (MSA)
- 24 months duration
- Cohort Seats
- 31 seats
- DC annual outcomes report: 31 initially enrolled in each of the cohorts graduating 2024 and 2025 (entered 2022/2023); 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
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- 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 | 86.2% (25/29) | 2025 |
| NCCAA certifying exam first-attempt pass rate (cumulative) | 93.58% (98.49% cumulative including retakes) | 2014-2025 |
| Employment | 98.87% (262/265 graduates) | 2014-2025 |
| Attrition (voluntary withdrawal, cumulative) | 7.59% | 2014-2025 |
Program Notes
Founded 2012 as a separate campus designation within the single CWRU CASAA application, with the largest recent CWRU entering cohorts (31). Curriculum, tuition, prerequisites, test policy, the May start, and the December 1, 2026 deadline are shared program-wide; outcomes are campus-specific. The first class graduated in 2014, with 265 graduates through 2025.