Accreditation Statement
The Wake Forest PA Program is approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
The Physician Assistant Program is a graduate-level program that awards a Master of Medical Science (MMS) degree after 24 months of study. The Wake Forest PA Program is approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) for 64 students at our Winston-Salem campus and up to 32 students at our expanded campus at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Accreditation for the Boone cohort was granted in September 2013, and the first students enrolled in June 2014. The Boone campus has also been approved by SACSCOC. View the program's accreditation history through the linked download provided by ARC-PA.
Attrition Rates
Graduate Classes | Class of 2019 | Class of 2020 | Class of 2021 |
Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) |
96 | 96 | 96 |
Entering class size | 89 | 90 | 90 |
Graduates | 84 | 86 | 85 |
*Attrition rate | 6% | 4% | 6% |
**Graduation rate | 94% | 96% | 94% |
*Attrition rate calculation: Number of students who attrited from cohort divided by the entering class size
**Graduation rate: Number of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size
Graduation Rates
For detailed information on our Graduation Rates, see Goal #2 below.
PANCE Pass Rates
The most recent PANCE pass rate information is available here: PANCE Pass Rate (pdf)