PANCE Pass Rates - Attrition Rates

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.

Student Attrition

*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.

Note: Entering Class equals the number of students newly enrolled for the admission cycle PLUS number of students who are re-entering from a different cohort.