The Drury University Physician Assistant Program intends to publish and make readily available to enrolled and prospective students general program information, including the most current annual NCCPA PANCE Exam Performance Summary report no later than April 1st each year. As the planned inaugural cohort will not be eligible to take the PANCE until late 2025, no data is currently available.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants is the only certifying organization for physician assistants in the United States.
| Class graduation year | Number of first-time takers | Program first-time taker pass rate | National first-time taker pass rate for the class graduation year |
| 2025 | |||
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| 2028 | |||
| 2029 |
*PANCE data will be published for the 1st cohort by April 1, 2026.
Five-year, first-time taker average pass rate for program: information unavailable
Five-year, national first-time taker average: information unavailable
TABLE WITH ATTRITION RATES
| Graduated Classes | |||
| Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) | Class of 2025 | Class of 2026 | Class of 2027 |
| Entering class size | 30 | 40 | |
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*The attrition rate will be published once each cohort has graduated.
**The graduation rate will be published once each cohort has graduated.
1. Criteria #1 – Recruit highly qualified applicants.
Outcome: Measured by admissions data and attrition rate
Measures/Benchmarks:
Success of Goal
| Criteria | Cohort 2025 | Cohort 2026 | Cohort 2027 | Cohort 2028 |
| Average undergraduate cumulative GPA | ||||
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| Applicants with > 1000 hours of patient care experience |
Criteria #2 – Student applicants who successfully complete the program.
Measures/Benchmarks:
Success of Goal
| Criteria | Cohort 2025 | Nat’l Ave 2025 | Cohort 2026 | Nat’l Ave 2026 | Cohort 2027 | Nat’l Ave 2027 | ||
| Graduation Rate (DUPAP ≥ National Average) |
Outcome: Measured by passage of summative exams, graduating student exit surveys, and graduated student feedback surveys.
Criteria #1 – Students achieve competency of program learning competencies.
Measures/Benchmarks:
Success of Goal:
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Criteria #2 – All students who attend DUPAP indicate they felt prepared for clinical practice.
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Success of Goal:
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Student Exit Survey on Achieving Program Defined Competencies (Given upon completion of the program) |
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Graduate Feedback on Achieving Program Defined Competencies (Given one year after graduation) |
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Outcome: Measured by Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination Exam Performance Summary Report.
Criteria: DUPAP students meet or exceed national PANCE pass rate.
Measures/Benchmarks:
Success of Goal:
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PANCE Performance 1st time test takers |
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Criteria #1 – Offer supervised clinical practice experiences in rural and underserved areas.
Measure/Benchmarks:
Success of Goal:
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% of students with SCPEs in rural areas |
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% of students with SCPEs in underserved areas |
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Criteria #2 – Graduates of DUPAP will work in various medical specialties serving patients across the lifespan.
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Success of Goal:
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% of students who practice in pediatrics |
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% of students who practice in surgery |
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% of students who practice emergency medicine |
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% of students who practice women’s health |
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% of students who practice family medicine |
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% of students who practice inpatient medicine |
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% of students who practice in behavioral health |
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Criteria #3 – 30% of Drury PA graduates stay in southwest Missouri to practice medicine in various levels of care or work in rural or underserved healthcare areas.
Measure/Benchmark:
Success of Goal:
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% of graduates who work in SW Missouri. |
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% of graduates who work in rural areas outside of SW MO. |
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% of graduates who work in underserved areas outside of SW MO. |
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