CAAHEP Accredited
25 seats
Ohio Dominican University — Columbus
Anesthesiologist assistant (CAA) program in Columbus, Ohio · CAA practice status in Ohio →
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Program Overview & Admissions
- Degree & Length
- Master of Science in Anesthesiologist Assistant Studies
- 24 months duration
- Cohort Seats
- 25 seats
- Program annual outcomes report: initial enrollment of 25 for each of the 2024, 2025, and 2026 cohorts
- Starts & Deadline
- Starts: January
- CASAA: Jul 15, 2026 (closed)
- Estimated Tuition
- $127,794
- Program-page total estimated program cost including approximate fees (Year 1 ~$66,530 + Year 2 ~$61,264); tuition rate $1,204/credit hour (2026-27)
Testing Requirement: GRE and/or MCAT required, submitted by the application deadline and within 5 years of admission; no published minimum scores.
Shadowing: 8 hours required source ↗
Admissions Statistics
Compare All Programs →Most recent cycle (as published, undated)
| Verified / completed applications | over 540 for 25 seats |
| Average GPA (cumulative) | 3.7 incoming cohort average |
| Average GPA (science) | 3.67 incoming cohort average |
| Average GRE | 311 combined; incoming cohort average, which also had 1,766 clinical hours on average |
| Average MCAT | 506 incoming cohort average |
Source: Ohio Dominican AAS Program — FAQs · 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 →- General Chemistry (with lab)
- Organic Chemistry (with lab)
- Biochemistry
- General Biology I
- General Biology II
- Physics I (with lab)
- Physics II (with lab)
- Calculus
- Statistics
- English
- Additional Science (anatomy/physiology recommended)
- Humanities (12 credits)
Published Outcomes
| Metric | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| NCCAA first-attempt pass rate | 100% (24 of 24) | 2025 |
| NCCAA first-attempt pass rate | 72.7% (16 of 22); cumulative 21 of 22 | 2024 |
| Employment at graduation | 100% (24 of 24) | 2025 |
| Attrition | 1 withdrawal from initial enrollment of 25 (2024: 3 of 25) | 2025 |
Program Notes
A newer program, CAAHEP-accredited in September 2022, and one of the shortest at about 24 months (two calendar years with January entry). The deadline for the January 2027 class is posted explicitly: CASAA by July 15, 2026. The first cohort's 72.7% first-attempt pass rate (2024) rebounded to 100% in 2025. The tuition figure is total estimated cost including fees. Minimum 3.0 overall and science GPA, eight shadowing hours, and C or better in prerequisites.