CAAHEP Accredited
15 seats
Saint Louis University — St. Louis
Anesthesiologist assistant (CAA) program in St. Louis, Missouri · CAA practice status in Missouri →
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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 Medical Science (M.M.S.) in Anesthesiology
- 27 months duration
- Cohort Seats
- 15 seats
- SLU School of Medicine Grand Rounds newsletter (Summer 2025, archived): inaugural cohort of 15 matriculated May 2025; the class-of-2028 cohort is also stated as full
- Starts & Deadline
- Starts: May
- CASAA: See notes
- Estimated Tuition
- $154,744
- total program tuition across 7 semesters at published 2026-27 per-semester rates (3 summers x $21,972 + 4 fall/spring x $22,207; clinical/university fees included in tuition); per-semester rates are official, the 7-semester total is computed (and matches AnesthesiaOneSource) (2026-27)
Testing Requirement: MCAT or GRE required, taken within 3 years of matriculation and submitted by the application deadline; no absolute minimum, but MCAT 501 or GRE 152 Verbal / 155 Quantitative is considered competitive.
Shadowing: 16 hours required. Documented shadowing hours source ↗
Admissions Statistics
Compare All Programs →Inaugural cohort (matriculated May 2025)
| Applications received | hundreds 'SLU received hundreds of applications for its inaugural cohort of 15 students' — exact count not published |
Source: SLU School of Medicine Grand Rounds newsletter, Summer 2025 (archived PDF) · 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
- Human Anatomy
- Human Physiology
- General Chemistry I
- General Chemistry II
- Organic Chemistry I
- Organic Chemistry II
- Physics I
- Physics II
- Calculus I
Program Notes
A new program: CAAHEP accredited it in January 2025 and the inaugural cohort entered May 2025, so no outcomes are published yet (first graduates August 2027). Cohort size is unpublished. Admission is rolling with no fixed posted deadline, and the May 2026 class closed early once the cohort filled, so applying early matters. Requirements include a minimum 3.2 GPA (most admits 3.5+), 16 hours of documented shadowing, three recommendation letters, and prerequisites within seven years (survey courses not accepted); Biochemistry may substitute for Organic Chemistry II, and combined A&P I-II is accepted in place of separate Anatomy and Physiology courses. 117 credits over seven semesters, with a May start.