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Graduate Performance
Major outcomes measures related to our program’s performance include our graduates’ Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) scores and job placement rates. The student attrition data for our program is available below.
Elon PA Student Attrition
Graduated Classes | Class of 2021 (Feb) | Class of 2021 (Dec) | Class of 2022 |
---|---|---|---|
Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA |
38 | 38 | 38 |
Entering class size | 38 | 39 | 38 |
Graduates | 38 | 39 | 36 |
*Attrition rate | 0 | 0 | 0.05% |
**Graduation rate | 100 | 100 | 94.75 |
*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 Class of 2022 included one student who withdrew for personal reasons and one student who took a medical leave of absence and will rejoin with the 2023 cohort.
Elon PA Overall Pance Rate
96%first-time takers
Employment for Class of 2021 (December grads) upon graduation
77%employed as a PA
61%remained in NC
Specialty areas of practice:
- Primary care
- Internal medicine
- Surgery
- Psych (high to low)
Employment for Class of 2021 (February grads) upon graduation
70%employed as a PA
63%remained in NC
Specialty areas of practice:
- Surgery
- Primary care/Urgent care
- Emergency medicine
- Internal medicine
- Psych (high to low)
Employment for Class of 2020 upon graduation
96%employed
48%practicing in NC
65%received more than one offer
Specialty areas of practice:
- Internal medicine including general and subspecialties to include pulmonology, cardiology, heme/onc, neurology, and critical care (9)
- Surgery (general and subspecialty) (8)
- Emergency Medicine (4)
- Other primary care/urgent care (6)
Employment for Class of 2019 upon graduation
100%employed as a PA
74%remained in NC
Specialty Areas of Practice:
- Surgery (9)
- Pediatrics (6)
- Internal Medicine (5)
- Cardiology (3)
- Emergency Medicine (2)
- Critical Care (2)
Employment for Class of 2018 upon graduation as of September 2018 (n=32)
100%employed as a PA
58%remained in NC
Specialty Areas of Practice:
- Internal Medicine (9)
- Emergency Medicine (7)
- Surgery including trauma, general, neuro, vascular (8)
- Orthopedics (6)
- Pediatrics (5)
- Cardiology (2)
- GI (2)
Employment for Class of 2017 upon graduation as of September 2017 (n=32)
100%employed as a PA
53%remained in NC
Specialty Areas of Practice:
- Internal Medicine (8)
- Surgery including ortho, peds, general, vascular (13)
- Emergency Medicine (5)
- GI (2)
- Pediatrics (2)
- Other (7)