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Western Professional Student Exchange Program

Link
View program website
Sponsor
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Deadlines
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Contact

info@wiche.edu
303.541.0200
Online contact form

Purpose

Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) allows students in specific Western states and territories to enroll in selected out-of-state professional healthcare programs and pay reduced tuition.

Typically, a state will support its residents through PSEP in fields of study when a state-funded program is not available to its residents.

Eligibility

Students in participating Western states that are planning to attend healthcare professional schools, including:

  • Dentistry
  • Allopathic and osteopathic medicine
  • Occupational therapy
  • Optometry
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical therapy
  • Physician assistant
  • Podiatry

A chart showing fields and eligible states is provided on the PSEP application information by state/territory page.

Geographic coverage
10 Western states, as well as Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam
Amount of funding

This program offers reduced tuition at out-of-state schools. For more information see the What's a PSEP award worth? page.

Application process

The state/territory PSEP application should be completed by October 15 the year before expected enrollment, and students must work with their home state to become certified so that they can be considered for PSEP support. Prospective students then apply directly to the healthcare programs in which they wish to enroll.

Funding type
Educational Opportunities and Fellowships
Tagged as
Dental workforce · Health career pathways · Health workforce education and training · Occupational therapy · Oral health · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Pharmacy workforce · Physical therapy · Physician assistants · Physicians · Primary care · Specialty care · Alaska · Arizona · Colorado · Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands · Guam · Hawaii · Montana · Nevada · New Mexico · North Dakota · Utah · Wyoming

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Organizations (1)

  • Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, view details



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