Program Outcomes
Students graduating from the Physician Assistant Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, show excellent outcomes in their chosen path. Learn more about:
- Our program goals and measured outcomes
- Our student stories, including life as a PA student and where our graduates have gone
Graduate outcomes (2023)
of graduates go on to work at Mayo Clinic
job placement rate
Graduate outcomes
| Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | |
| First-time PANCE pass rate | 95% | 95% |
| Overall PANCE pass rate | 100% | 100% |
| Job placement rate | 100% | 100% |
| Percentage of graduates go on to work at Mayo Clinic | 64% | 52% |
Student attrition rate
Please see the table below indicating our student attrition rate. The inaugural PA class, enrolled in August 2020, graduated from 24 months of study and clinical learning in July 2022.
| Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | Class of 2024 | |
| Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) |
24 | 24 | 24 |
| Entering class size | 22 | 24 | 25 |
| Graduates | 22 | 21 | NA |
| *Attrition rate | 0% | 12.5% | NA |
| **Graduation rate | 100% | 87.5% | NA |
*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.
Please also see a PDF of the student attrition table.
NCCPA PANCE first-time pass rate summary report
For a comparison of the first-time pass rate of the 2022 and 2023 graduating classes with the national average, see the NCCPA PANCE First-time Pass Rate Summary Report.