Graduate Characteristics
Characteristics of Program Graduates
- As of May 2009 the program has 144 graduates.
- Pass rates on the Physician Assistant National Certification Exam (PANCE) are consistently above the national average.
- Graduates’ scores on the PANCE have routinely placed the program in the top 25% or higher of programs nationally since moving to the master's degree in physician assistant studies in 2006.
- Most have located in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
- The average starting salary for new graduates since 2000 has been $58,700.
PANCE Results
|
Year |
Number of First Time Exam Takers |
Pass Rate |
National Pass Rate |
|
May 2009 |
13 |
100% |
92% |
|
May 2008 |
15 |
93% |
94% |
|
May 2007 |
11 |
100% |
93% |
|
May 2006 |
2 |
100% |
92% |
|
Oct. 2004 |
11 |
100% |
90% |
Program Graduates' Specialties & Locations
The information in the tables below list the specialties and locations in which all students graduating from the master’s degree program are currently working. The program graduated its first master's degree class in 2006 and to date 51 students have graduated from the master's degree program.
|
Specialty Area
of Practice: |
Number of
students |
|
Family Medicine |
6 |
|
Internal Medicine |
5 |
|
Internal Medicine subspecialty |
9 |
|
General Surgery |
4 |
|
Surgical specialty (other than orthopedics) |
6 |
|
Orthopedics |
6 |
|
Emergency Medicine |
2 |
|
Urgent Care |
3 |
|
Dermatology |
1 |
|
Radiation oncology |
1 |
|
Neurology |
3 |
|
Pediatrics |
2 |
|
No employment* |
3 |
|
|
51 |
|
Location of
Practice: |
Number of
students |
|
Wisconsin |
28 |
|
Minnesota |
18 |
|
South Carolina |
1 |
|
South Dakota |
1 |
|
|
48 |
*At the time of survey.