This PA program is part of the Elon University's School of Health Sciences (SHS), which currently includes an existing Department of Physician Assistant Studies program established in 2012, a Doctor of Physical Therapy program established in 1998, and Department of Nursing program established in 2021, located in Elon, NC. Elon is one of only seven private universities in the country with accredited schools of business, communications, education, law, and health sciences, plus a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.