Matriculated Student/Attrition Data

Johnson & Wales University offers a 24-month MSPAS. Our program offers 36 seats a year, and classes begin in June — with a mandatory Orientation in the latter half of May. We seek the most highly qualified students who have a demonstrated capacity to excel academically and show the most promise of becoming PAs who will exemplify our program’s mission. All applicants must be graduates of, or be in the process of, graduating from an accredited U.S. institution. A bachelor’s degree is required before matriculation. We are not currently able to accept applications from international candidates.

Matriculated Student Data

CLASS OF	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	APPLICANTS
FEMALE	72%	81%	92%	100%	92%	84%
MALE	28%	19%	8%	0%	8%	16%
TOTAL ENROLLED	36	36	36	36	36	1218
AVG GPA	3.67	3.78	3.74	3.72	3.79	3.52
AVG BCP GPA	3.60	3.72	3.66	3.64	3.73	3.35
UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE*	19%	11%	14%	11%	3%	19%
1st GEN COLLEGE	17%	17%	22%	14%	28%	16%

_{*Underrepresented in Medicine as defined by the Association of American Medical Colleges.}

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Faculty: Student Ratio*

• Class of 2025-26 mean = 9.5
• National Mean = 12.2**
• New England Division mean = 13.5**

_{*Calculated by dividing the total number of enrolled students by the sum of the faculty FTEs excluding the program director and medical director.
**Physician Assistant Education Association. “By the Numbers: 35: Data from the 2019 Program Survey,” Washington, DC: PAEA; 2020. doi: 10.17538/PR35.2020}

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Attrition by Class

GRADUATED CLASSES
	Class of 2022	Class of 2023	Class of 2024
MAXIMUM ENTERING CLASS SIZE (as approved by ARC-PA)	36	36	36
Entering Class Size	36	37	36
Graduates	34	35	33
ATTRITION RATE*	5.6%	5.4%	8.3%
GRADUATION RATE**	94.4%	94.6%	91.7%

_{Note: One student from the Class of 2022 decelerated to the Class of 2023.}

_{*Attrition rate: 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.}