Accreditation

Accreditation Status

The Elon University Charlotte Physician Assistant (PA) Program has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). The Elon University Charlotte Physician Assistant (PA) Program anticipates matriculating its first class in January 2027, pending achieving Accreditation-Provisional status at the October 2026 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students. Please note that the program will not commence in the event that the provisional accreditation is not received.

The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website. The student attrition data for the Elon Charlotte PA program is not yet available due to the matriculation of the first cohort enrolling January 2027.