PSEP —Professional Student Exchange Program
WICHE's Professional Student Exchange Program enables students in 12 western states to enroll in selected out-of-state professional programs usually because those fields of study are not available at public institutions in their home states.
Exchange students receive preference in admission. They pay reduced levels of tuition: for most students, resident tuition in public institutions or reduced standard tuition at private schools. The home state pays a support fee to the admitting school to help cover the cost of students' education. Fields supported by your state are listed below. State support and program participation affecting students are subject to change by legislative or administrative action. The number of students supported by each state is determined through state legislative appropriations.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN 10 FIELDS
Click on each for a list of states that support students in that field and a complete listing of participating professional schools. (Years shown in parentheses are the normal maximum for WICHE support.)
- DENTISTRY (4 Academic Years)
- MEDICINE (4 Academic Years)
- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (2 Academic Years)
- OPTOMETRY (4 Academic Years)
- OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (4 Academic Years)
- PHARMACY (Varies)
- PHYSICAL THERAPY (3 Academic Years)
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (Varies)
- PODIATRY (4 Academic Years)
- VETERINARY MEDICINE (4 Academic Years)
For current information and application materials for the Professional Student Exchange Program, contact your State Certifying Officer. If your field of interest does not appear on this list, we encourage you to look at our Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) offerings. WRGP offers some 175 distinctive high quality programs, many of which are in the health professions.
Look here for more information on How to Apply for WICHE PSEP support from your state.
Download the ADMISSIONS REPORT form for participating schools
If you have trouble downloading the PDF version of the report form, please follow this link and print the form in landscape mode, or try installing the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (a free download).
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
Some states have additional arrangements for professional education with schools in the West and outside of the region. Contact your State Certifying Officer directly for the names of these schools and the procedures for applying for support from your state.
See the table below for the states that have additional special arrangements.
|
State |
Field |
State |
Field |
|
Alaska |
M |
Nevada |
D |
|
Arizona |
OSTEO |
New Mexico |
D |
|
Idaho |
D-M |
North Dakota |
D-OPT-VM |
|
Montana |
D-M |
Utah |
D-VM |
|
Wyoming |
D-M-VM |
See the Key to Fields for explanation of abbreviations.
