{"id":4607,"date":"2023-08-10T20:13:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/?page_id=4607"},"modified":"2026-05-20T04:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:56:19","slug":"pa-program-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/pa-program-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician Assistant Program Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2000\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8123\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.UCEN_.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.UCEN_.jpg 2560w, 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style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-size:clamp(31.152px, 1.947rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.863), 55px);font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase\">Physician Assistant Program Data<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-11\">\n\t\t\t\n<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb mb-3\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\">Graduate Programs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\">Physician Assistant Program Data<\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color\">PA National Certification Exam 5-Year Pass Rates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants is the credentialing organization for physician assistants in the U.S. It administers the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam, which students must pass to practice as a certified PA.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uPkjmFXErVedsxKf4CAIP9_cqrKi-mM6\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCCPA Exam Performance Summary Report<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes mt-4\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#dedfe1\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Class<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Class<br>Graduation<br>Year<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Group<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Number of<br>Candidates<br>Who Took<br>PANCE<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Number<br>of Exam<br>Attempts<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Number<br>of Exams<br>Passed<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Program<br>Exam Pass<br>Rate<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">National<br>Exam Pass<br>Rate for the<br>Class<br>Graduation<br>Year<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">% of<br>Candidates<br>Who<br>Ultimately<br>Passed<br>PANCE<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Class of 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All Takers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">38<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">48<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">36<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">75%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">89%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">95%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">First Time Takers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">38<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">38<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">31<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">82%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">92%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">95%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Class of 2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All Takers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">45<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">51<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">45<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">88%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">89%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">First Time Takers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">45<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">45<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">41<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">91%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">92%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Class of 2025<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2025<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All Takers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">48<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">58<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">46<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">79%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">88%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">96%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">First Time Takers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">48<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">48<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">39<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">81%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">91%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">96%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Class of 2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2026<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All Takers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">88%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">First Time Takers<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">92%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background mt-5 mb-5 is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color\">Program Goals and Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Goal 1:&nbsp;Prepare PA students with the knowledge and skills necessary to enter clinical practice.<br>Goal 2:&nbsp;Cultivate student professionalism within the PA program.&nbsp;<br>Goal 3:&nbsp;Prepare students as leaders and advocates for the PA profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/pa-program-data\/goals-and-outcomes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Progress Toward Program Goals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background mt-5 mb-5 is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7cb3c64c976a4fe1fc647bdb4c484d34\">Student Attrition Rates<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Graduated Classes<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Class of 2023<\/th><th>Class of 2024<\/th><th>Class of 2025<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Maximum entering class size <\/strong>(as approved by ARC-PA)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>40<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>46<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>50<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entering class size&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">40<\/td><td>48<\/td><td>50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Graduates<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">38<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>48<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>*<\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong>Attrition rate<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>5.0%<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6.25%<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>4.0%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>**Graduation rate<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>95%<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>93.75%<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>96%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*Attrition rate calculation:&nbsp; Number of students who attritted from cohort (decelerated + withdrawals + dismissals) divided by the (entering class size + number joining class cohort).<br>**Graduation rate calculation:&nbsp; Number of cohort graduates divided by the (entering class size + number joining class cohort).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View UM-Flint PA program&#8217;s five-year PANCE pass rates, student attrition, and progress toward program goals. 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