CAAHEP Accreditation Pending
26 seats
Nova Southeastern University — Nevada (Henderson)
Anesthesiologist assistant (CAA) program in Henderson, Nevada · CAA practice status in Nevada →
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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
- 27 months duration
- Cohort Seats
- 26 seats
- NSU news release (June 2026): first cohort of 26 students; Las Vegas Sun reported 26 selected from 1,400+ applicants, class size dictated by accreditation requirements (an earlier Review-Journal piece said 25)
- Starts & Deadline
- Starts: May
- CASAA: Jan 15, 2027
- Estimated Tuition
- $162,409
- Total program tuition, Las Vegas/Henderson campus, summed from published annual tuition (Year 1 $69,604 + Year 2 $69,604 + Year 3 $23,201); excludes fees, books, insurance (2026-27)
Testing Requirement: GRE or MCAT required; NSU calls GRE scores at/above the 40th percentile and MCAT 500+ competitive, with scores due by the January 15 deadline for Florida/Nevada campuses.
Shadowing: 8 hours required. Documented operating-room observation of anesthesia, submitted through CASAA source ↗
Admissions Statistics
Compare All Programs →Inaugural cohort (matriculated May 2026)
| Applications received | more than 1,400 26 selected; class size dictated by accreditation requirements |
Source: Las Vegas Sun — white coat ceremony coverage (June 2026) (secondhand report, not a program page) · verified Aug 12, 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 →- Anatomy & Physiology I
- Anatomy & Physiology II
- General Chemistry I
- General Chemistry II
- Organic Chemistry I
- Biochemistry
- Physics I
- Physics II
- English Composition
- Calculus I
Program Notes
Nevada's first AA program, enabled by the 2023 licensure law; the inaugural cohort arrived in May 2026 at NSU's new Henderson campus. It is not yet CAAHEP-accredited: NSU says an initial-accreditation site visit is scheduled and notes that is 'neither a status of accreditation nor a guarantee.' The campus is not directly listed in CASAA for 2026-27; invitations to apply go only to applicants with a verified CASAA application to another NSU AA campus (window June 15 to January 15). No outcomes yet; the first graduates are expected around 2028.