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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	APPLICANTS
FEMALE	73%	86%	72%	81%	92%	77%
MALE	27%	14%	28%	19%	8%	23%
TOTAL ENROLLED	36	36	36	36	36	1054
AVG GPA	3.67	3.68	3.67	3.78	3.74	3.42
AVG BCP GPA	3.59	3.56	3.60	3.72	3.66	3.24
UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE*	14%	3%	19%	11%	14%	21%
1st GEN COLLEGE	8%	19%	17%	17%	22%	24%

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

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Faculty: Student Ratio*

• Class of 2023-24 mean = 9.5
• National Mean = 12.3**
• New England Division mean = 14**

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

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Attrition by Class

GRADUATED CLASSES
	Class of 2020	Class of 2021	Class of 2022
MAXIMUM ENTERING CLASS SIZE (as approved by ARC-PA)	36	36	36
Entering Class Size	36	36	36
Graduates	35	36	35
ATTRITION RATE*	2.77%	0	2.77%
GRADUATION RATE**	97.2%	100%	97.2%

_{*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.}