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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.

Data updated MDR 6/30/09