PCOM Physician Assistant Program Statistics and Acceptance Rates
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Physician Assistant Studies (MS)

Acceptance rates, admission indicators, student attrition and other data for the Physician Assistant Studies program at PCOM's Philadelphia, PA and Suwanee, GA locations is provided below.

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Acceptance and Matriculation

Acceptance and Matriculation by Entering Class (PCOM)
Year Number of Applications Number Accepted Number of Matriculants
2020 2,693 80 59
2021 3,161 108 55
2022 2,494 112 60
2023 2,619 117 61
2024 2,661 124 62
20251 2,413 139 60

Note 1: Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2025 entering class (based on 4.0 scale) = 3.84

Acceptance and Matriculation by Entering Class (PCOM Georgia)
Year Number of Applications Number Accepted Number of Matriculants
2020 1377 51 32
2021 1977 59 32
2022 1643 60 32
2023 1652 82 34
2024 1,803 87 35
20251 1,679 71 34

Note 1: Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2025 entering class (based on 4.0 scale) = 3.85

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Student Attrition

ARC-PA Student Graduation Rate Template

ARC-PA Student Graduation Rates for the PCOM Campus, Classes of 2023–2025
Main Campus
Location: Philadelphia, PA		 Graduated Classes
Class of 2023 Class of 2024 Class of 2025
Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) 70 70 70
Entering class size 60 61 62
Graduates 50 48 59
* Attrition rate 16.7% 21.3% 4.8%
** Graduation rate 83.3% 78.7% 95.1%1

Note 1: One student from the class of 2025 has a delayed graduation. Once the student graduates, the graduation rate will increase to 96.7%.

ARC-PA Student Graduation Rates for the PCOM Georgia Campus, Classes of 2023–2025
Distant Campus # 1
Location: Suwanee, GA		 Graduated Classes
Class of 2023 Class of 2024 Class of 2025
Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) 40 40 40
Entering class size 33 35 35
Graduates 27 30 29
* Attrition rate 18.2% 14.3% 11.4%
** Graduation rate 81.8% 85.7% 82.9%1

Note 1: Two students from class of 2025 have a delayed graduation, once graduated will increase Graduation rate to 88.6%.

ARC-PA Student Graduation Rates for Both Campuses, Classes of 2023–2025
Both Campuses
Location: PA and GA		 Graduated Classes
Class of 2023 Class of 2024 Class of 2025
Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) 110 110 110
Entering class size 93 96 97
Graduates 77 78 88
* Attrition rate 17.5% 17.8% 8.1%
** Graduation rate 82.6% 82.2% 89%1

Note 1: Three students from class of 2025 have a delayed graduation, once graduated will increase graduation rate to 92.7%.

* Attrition rate calculation: Number of students who attritted from cohort divided by the entering class size.

** Graduation rate calculation: Number of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size.

Comments:
Attrition in this table includes students that may have taken a leave of absence or decelerated from their original cohort, and ultimately may have completed the program.


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Financial Aid and Average Indebtedness - Academic Year 2025-2026

  PCOM PCOM Georgia
Percentage of Students Receiving Financial Aid 87.08% 89.11%
Average Indebtedness of Graduates $130,046 $136,616

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Mean Time to Completion

Class start date of 2023, general program length = 26 months

PCOM

  • Completed in 26 Months: 57
  • Completed in 3 Years: N/A
  • Completed in 4 Years: N/A
  • Withdrew: 3
  • Still Pursuing: 1

PCOM Georgia

  • Completed in 26 Months: 27
  • Completed in 3 Years: N/A
  • Completed in 4 Years: N/A
  • Withdrew: 3
  • Still Pursuing: 4

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