Physician Assistant Studies: Program Statistics
Program Statistics
Physician assistant program graduates must pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) to use the PA-C designation and become licensed to practice.
PA Program accreditation standards require the pass rate on PANCE to be posted for the previous five classes. The NSU PA program pass rate on the physician assistant national certification exam (PANCE) is published under the link below.
ARC-PA STUDENT ATTRITION TEMPLATE
| Graduated Class | |||
| Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | Class of 2024 | |
| Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Entering class size | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Graduates | 20 | 19 | NA |
| *Attrition rate | 0 | 5% | 5% |
| **Graduation rate | 100% | 95% | NA |
*Attrition rate calculation: Number of students who attritted from cohort divided by the entering class size.
**Graduation rate: Number of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size.