To be a physician assistant one must be a graduate from high school and attend at least two years of college. In these two years of college there are prerequisites that are required to be able to apply for a physician assistant education program. The classes that need to be taken are ones in the science department. A physician assistant education program takes roughly two years. The minimum amount of education that is needed to be a physician assistant is two years of college with a bachelor’s degree and graduating from a physician assistant education program. The maximum education is similar to the minimum except having a master’s degree from college and going into a specialty program after graduating from a physician assistant education program.