Program Overview

About The Program

The Case Western Reserve University Physician Assistant Program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA).

Accreditation

The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the program. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards. The program's accreditation remains in effect until it closes or withdraws from the accreditation process, or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards. The approximate date for the next validation review of the program by the ARC-PA will be June 2030.

Attrition

The program's attrition rates are as follows:

• Class of 2022: 11%
• Class of 2023: 12%
• Class of 2024: 5%
• Class of 2025: 2.5% The attrition rate calculation is based on the number of students who attritted from the cohort divided by the entering class size.

PANCE

The program's first-time taker pass rates for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) are:

• Class of 2021: 95%
• Class of 2022: 94%
• Class of 2023: 82%
• Class of 2024: 100%
• Class of 2025: 97% The five-year first-time taker average pass rate for the program is 94%.

National First Time Taker Pass Rate By Calendar Year

The national first-time taker pass rates for the PANCE are:

• 2021: 93%
• 2022: 92%
• 2023: 92%
• 2024: 92%
• 2025: Available in 2026 The five-year national first-time taker average pass rate is 93%.

Definitions of Report Headings

• Class: Class nomenclature and the individuals included in each class are determined by PA programs when assigning students to a particular class.
• Class Graduation Year: Graduation year for the majority of the individuals in the specific class based on the confirmed graduation date provided by the PA program.
• Number of First Time Takers: Number of individuals from the class who have taken PANCE for the first time as of the date the report was generated.
• Program First Time Taker Pass Rate: Percent of the first-time takers in the class who passed PANCE as of the date the report was generated.
• National First Time Taker Pass Rate for the Class Graduation Year: National percent of first-time takers who passed PANCE in the calendar year corresponding to the class graduation year.