Accreditation Status
The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued to the Daemen College Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Daemen College. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards.
Accreditation remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards.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 March 2023. The review date is contingent upon continued compliance with the Accreditation Standards and ARC-PA policy.
The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website.
Attrition Report
Graduated Classes |
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| Class of 2019 | Class of 2020 | Class of 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) |
65 | 65 | 65 |
| Entering class size | 62 | 65 | 62 |
| Graduates | 57 | 59* | 59 |
| * Attrition rate | 8.1% | 9.9% | 4.8% |
| **Graduation rate | 91.9% | 90.1% | 95.2% |
*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
- 2019: 90.3% of the students graduated on time. 1 student graduated one year late
- 2020: 84.6% of the students graduated on time. 4 students graduated one year late
- 2021: 82.2% graduated on time. 7 students graduated one year late and 1 student will graduate 2 years late.