EVMS regularly shares the success of its students on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE), as directed by its accrediting body, the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA).
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The chart below compares the EVMS first-time pass rate on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE), in the blue columns on the left for each year, to the rate of first-time takers of the exam nationally, in the rust, right-hand columns, for the last five years. EVMS pass rates are within 2 to 3 percent every year, with perfect passing rates in 2017 and 2018. On the far right of the chart, a simple average of the five-year period is depicted, with the National Average at 95% whereas EVMS has an average of 96% first time pass rate average over the past 5 years.
| Graduated Classes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Class of 2021 | Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | |
| Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) |
80 | 80 | 80 |
| Entering class size | 86 | 85 | 84 |
| Graduates | 78 | 78 | 68 |
| * Attrition rate | 7.14% | 8.24% | 19.05% |
| **Graduation rate | 92.86% | 91.76% | 80.95% |
*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.
Comments:
The table above reflects total cohort attrition.
Attrition includes 1) student withdrawal, 2) student dismissal, and 3) student deceleration, per ARC-PA Standards.
Student dismissal can occur for academic or professionalism reasons.
2021: 4 decelerated from CO2020
2022: 5 decelerated from CO2021
2023: 4 decelerated from CO2022
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