CAAHEP Accreditation Pending
24 seats
Lipscomb University — Nashville
Anesthesiologist assistant (CAA) program in Nashville, Tennessee · CAA practice status in Tennessee →
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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
- MS in Anesthesiology
- 28 months duration
- Cohort Seats
- 24 seats
- First cohort enrolled 24 students from 300+ applicants per Lipscomb news (Aug 2026)
- Starts & Deadline
- Starts: January
- CASAA: See notes
- Estimated Tuition
- $163,000
- estimated total program cost at anticipated $70,000/year tuition (3% annual increase assumed), excl. fees (2026)
Testing Requirement: MCAT or GRE accepted, MCAT preferred; competitive applicants typically score above the 50th percentile.
Shadowing: 8 hours required. CAA, physician, or CRNA; waived for applicants whose healthcare experience already exposed them to anesthetic care; medical mission trips accepted source ↗
Admissions Statistics
Compare All Programs →First cohort (entering August 2026)
| Applications received | more than 300 |
| Offers of admission | 24 students accepted |
Source: Lipscomb News — First Tennessee CAAs train at Lipscomb (May 2026) · 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
- Human Anatomy & Physiology
- General Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Physics I
- Physics II
- Calculus
- Statistics
Program Notes
Tennessee's first CAA program, housed in the College of Pharmacy. The first cohort began August 2026 with applications handled directly, outside CASAA; the next cohort is listed for January 2028, with CASAA participation anticipated for that cycle but no dates posted yet. Prerequisites require grades of B or higher. The university is SACSCOC-approved and says it is seeking CAAHEP/ARC-AA accreditation for the program. Tuition figures are 'anticipated,' not final.