CAAHEP Accredited
24 seats
Kansas City University — Joplin (Farber-McIntire)
Anesthesiologist assistant (CAA) program in Joplin, Missouri · CAA practice status in Missouri →
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Program Overview & Admissions
- Degree & Length
- MHS in Anesthesiologist Assistant (MHS-AA)
- 28 months duration
- Cohort Seats
- 24 seats
- Inaugural January 2026 class size per KCU news article (Jan 2026); a third-party tracker lists capacity of 48, unverified
- Starts & Deadline
- Starts: January
- CASAA: See notes
- Estimated Tuition
- $151,179
- estimated total program tuition and fees (3 academic years; flat $21,062/semester) (2026-27)
Testing Requirement: GRE (general), MCAT, or DAT required, taken within five years prior to matriculation.
Shadowing: Not required (encouraged). Listed among the nonacademic factors the committee considers, not a requirement source ↗
Admissions Statistics
Compare All Programs →Inaugural class (entered January 2026)
| Applications received | over 800 24 enrolled; figure attributed to KCU president Marc Hahn |
Source: The Joplin Globe via Yahoo News (January 2026) (secondhand report, not a program page) · 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 →- Biology I
- Biology II
- General Chemistry I
- Organic Chemistry I
- Organic Chemistry II or Biochemistry
- Human Anatomy
- Human Physiology
- Physics I
- Physics II
- Calculus
- Statistics
- English Composition
Program Notes
A new program: the inaugural 28-month cohort began in January 2026, with CAAHEP initial accreditation granted September 2025. It is on the CASAA 2026-27 participating list for its second (January 2027) cohort, but KCU does not post a cycle-specific deadline; applicants are advised to apply about a year ahead ($60 secondary application, waived with a CASAA fee waiver). Prerequisites must be completed with a C or better within six years.