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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 (2024)
54%
of graduates go on to work at Mayo Clinic
88%
job placement rate
Graduate outcomes
| Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | Class of 2024 | |
| First-time PANCE pass rate | 95% | 95% | 71% |
| Overall PANCE pass rate | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| Job placement rate | 100% | 100% | 87.5% |
| Percentage of graduates go on to work at Mayo Clinic | 64% | 52% | 54% |
Student attrition rate
Please see the table below indicating our student attrition rate.
| 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 | 24 |
| *Attrition rate | 0% | 12.5% | 4% |
| **Graduation rate | 100% | 87.5% | 96% |
*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 graduating classes with the national average, see the NCCPA PANCE first-time Pass Rate Summary Report.