Program Accreditation, Goal Outcomes and Attrition

Accreditation Status

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Daemen University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Daemen University. 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remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards.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 2033M. 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.

Graduate Performance Certification Exam
Program Goals & Student Learning Outcomes

Attrition Report

 
Class of 2022 Class of 2023 Class of 2024
Maximum entering class size
(as approved by ARC-PA)
65 65 65
Entering class size 70 74 66
Graduates 54 57 49
* Attrition rate 22.9% 23% 25.8%
**Graduation rate 77.1% 77% 74.2%

*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

  • Program has 2 didactic years and 1 clinical year. Entering class size accounts for students who decelerated into the given cohort at any point. Total cohort enrollment never exceeded 65 students for any of the above cohorts.