Physician assistant · Master's

Creighton University PA program: PANCE pass rate, cost and admission

At Creighton University, 100% of the PA class of 2025 passed the PANCE on the first attempt, against 91% nationally. The program reports a class size of 28. IPEDS counts 36 PA degrees conferred by the institution in 2024-25.

Omaha, NE ARC-PA: Accreditation-Continued, next review January 2034 Checked Oct 2026

PANCE score report, first-time takers

Source: NCCPA report posted by the program
Class of 2025
100%
Above national 5 of 5
First-time takers
26
National, class of 2025
91%
Classes shown
5
This programNational first-time rate
80%85%90%95%100%Class of 2021: 100%, national 93%, 23 takers100%2021Class of 2022: 100%, national 92%, 28 takers100%2022Class of 2023: 100%, national 92%, 32 takers100%2023Class of 2024: 100%, national 92%, 36 takers100%2024Class of 2025: 100%, national 91%, 26 takers100%2025
Table view
ClassProgramNationalTakers
2021100%93%23
2022100%92%28
2023100%92%32
2024100%92%36
2025100%91%26

Cost, size and outcomes

  • Cost of attendanceProgram pageNot published
  • Class sizeProgram page, Omaha campus, entering 202328
  • PA degrees conferred by the institutionIPEDS completions, 2024-25 (provisional), CIP 51.091236
  • Median earnings, 1 year after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22$107,337
  • Median earnings, 4 years after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degreeNot published
  • Median federal loan debtCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degreeNot published
  • Physician assistants, median wage, NebraskaBLS OEWS, May 2025, context only$133,040

What it asks of applicants

  • Application service and deadlineAs the program states it, the year prior to enrollmentCASPA · August 1
  • Minimum overall GPA3.0
  • Patient care hours250 required
  • Program lengthNot published
  • Program startsAugust
  • Prerequisite coursesAs the program states it, Date not statedHuman Anatomy with lab, Physiology with lab, Microbiology with lab, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Abnormal Psychology, Statistics, Medical Terminology

Accreditation

  • StatusARC-PA list, fetched 2026-10-28Accreditation-Continued
  • First accreditedMarch 2019
  • Next accreditation reviewJanuary 2034
  • Program websiteVisit

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Attrition by class, as the program posts it

ARC-PA attrition table from the program's own page, with the entering and graduating counts it prints. A table that prints attrition as a fraction (0.20) shows here as a percent (20%).
ClassEnteredGraduatedAttrition
202124234%
202228280%
202332320%
202436360%
202528267.1%

What the numbers say

Creighton's class of 2025 recorded a 100% first-time PANCE pass rate among 26 takers, compared with a national rate of 91%. That 100% repeats for all 5 classes from 2021 to 2025, whose sizes ranged from 23 takers in 2021 to 36 in 2024. Its lead on the national rate ran from 7 points in 2021 to 9 points in 2025. Creighton gives a class size of 28 in Omaha for the cohort entering in 2023, and ARC-PA's attrition table puts the class of 2025 at 7.1%. IPEDS counts 36 PA degrees conferred across Creighton University in 2024-25, a university-wide figure. Application materials must reach CASPA by August 1 of the year before enrollment, with classes starting in August of the following year; check the program's page for the current cycle. Applicants need a GPA of at least 3.0 overall and in the sciences, along with 250 hours of patient care experience. Prerequisites cover human anatomy, physiology and microbiology, each with lab, along with organic chemistry, biochemistry, abnormal psychology, statistics and medical terminology. ARC-PA first accredited Creighton's PA program in 2019; its status is Accreditation-Continued, with the next review set for January 2034. College Scorecard reports $107,337 at 1 year after completion for graduates of the allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment master's field at Creighton who finished in 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Sources

  1. Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA): Entry Level Accredited Programs, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  2. www.creighton.edu: Master of Physician Assistant Omaha | Creighton University, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  3. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): IPEDS Completions, awards by program and award level, 2024-25 (provisional release), 21 Jul 2026, fetched 26 Oct 2026
  4. U.S. Department of Education: College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data, 15 Oct 2026, fetched 26 Oct 2026
  5. www.creighton.edu: Admissions Requirements and Process, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  6. National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), posted by the program: PANCE Exam Performance Summary Report for Creighton University (program 6089), printed 6/11/2026, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  7. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, state estimates, May 2025, 15 May 2026, fetched 26 Oct 2026