PANCE Results
The Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) results may be viewed here:ÌýPANCE pass report PDF.
Program response to the PANCE pass rate PDF.
Goals
The PA program will:
- Select qualified applicants, through a holistic process, who successfully complete the program.
- Provide a quality educational experience that allows graduates to gain the knowledge, skills and competencies required for entry-level medical practice.
- Provide a quality educational experience that allows graduates the knowledge, skills and competencies required to provide medical care to diverse patient populations in a wide variety of clinical settings.
- Provide a quality educational experience that prepares graduates to meet or exceed an all-time PANCE pass rate of 95%.
Effectiveness in meeting goals will be updated each June.
Evidence of Effectiveness in Meeting Goals (PDF report).
Program Outcomes
- The program expects to have a graduation rate consistent with the national average of PA programs.
- The program expects to have an attrition rate consistent with the national average of PA programs.
- 100% of graduates will be employed or actively engaged in a project utilizing their PA training (for example: medical missions) or enrolled in a post-graduate residency/fellowship within six months of graduation.
| Ìý | Ìý | Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Graduated Classes | Ìý |
| Ìý | Class of 2021 | Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 |
| Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| Entering class size | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| Graduates | 47 | 42 | 42 |
| *Attrition rate | 2% | 12.5% | 12.5% |
| **Graduation rate | 98% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
Rates will be calculated as follows:
*Attrition rate calculation per ARC-PA:ÌýÌýNumber of students who attrited from cohort divided by the entering class size.
**Graduation rate per ARC-PA:ÌýÌýNumber of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size.
**Graduation is held annually in December.Ìý
