Physician Assistant Studies (MS)
Program Data

 

Contents

 

• Acceptance and Matriculation 
• Demographics
• Financial Aid and Average Indebtedness
• Mean Time to Completion
• Assessments
• Employment Data

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Acceptance and Matriculation 

 

	Number of Applications	Number Accepted	Total Matriculated
[2013]	2314	91	57
[2014]	2410	94	57
[2015]	2722	81	33
[2016]	1844	91	55
[2017*]	2011	79	55

*Cumulative undergraduate GPA of entering class of 2017 (based on 4.0 scale) = 3.67

 

	Number of Applications	Number Accepted	Total Matriculated
[2017*]	1044	37	20

*Cumulative undergraduate GPA of entering class of 2017 (based on 4.0 scale) = 3.70
**Georgia program launched in 2017.

 

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Demographics

 

 

 

 

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Financial Aid and Average Indebtedness

 

Physician Assistant Studies (MS) Program
	2015-2016	2016-2017
Tuition	View Tuition Rate Tables
Percentage of Students Receiving Financial Aid	83.65	78.77
Average Indebtedness of Graduates in Academic Year	$75,392	$88,382

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Mean Time to Completion

 

*New students admitted in 2014 = 55, general program length = 26 months 

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Assessments

 

Comprehensive Review 

	[2015]	[2016]
Comprehensive Review GPA*	3.34	3.33

*Comprehensive assessment is on a 4.0 scale for each class at the end of the institutional program which includes written examination, board reviews and a clinical studies test. 

 

PANCE Summary 

	Program First Time Taker Pass Rate Percentage	National First Time Taker Pass Rate Percentage
[2011]	98	91
[2012]	100	93
[2013]	96	94
[2014]	98	95
[2015]	98	96
[2016]	100	96
[2017]	100	97

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Employment Data

 

*Surveys are open from April to September of each year. Data based on survey return rate of 68 percent.

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