Physician assistant · Master's

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

At Duquesne 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 37. IPEDS counts 38 PA degrees conferred by the institution in 2024-25.

Pittsburgh, PA ARC-PA: Accreditation-Continued, next review July 2032 Checked Oct 2026

PANCE score report, first-time takers

Source: NCCPA report posted by the program
Class of 2025
100%
Above national 3 of 5
First-time takers
34
National, class of 2025
91%
Classes shown
5
This programNational first-time rate
80%85%90%95%100%Class of 2021: 92%, national 93%, 66 takers92%2021Class of 2022: 83%, national 92%, 35 takers83%2022Class of 2023: 97%, national 92%, 34 takers97%2023Class of 2024: 100%, national 92%, 38 takers100%2024Class of 2025: 100%, national 91%, 34 takers100%2025
Table view
ClassProgramNationalTakers
202192%93%66
202283%92%35
202397%92%34
2024100%92%38
2025100%91%34

Cost, size and outcomes

  • Tuition, whole programProgram page, Date not stated$351,052
  • Class sizeProgram page, Class of 2026 entering cohort37
  • PA degrees conferred by the institutionIPEDS completions, 2024-25 (provisional), CIP 51.091238
  • Median earnings, 1 year after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22$114,002
  • Median earnings, 4 years after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19$121,848
  • Median federal loan debtCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degreeNot published
  • Physician assistants, median wage, PennsylvaniaBLS OEWS, May 2025, context only$127,070

What it asks of applicants

  • Application service and deadlineAs the program states it, first-year entryNovember 15
  • Minimum overall GPA3.0
  • Patient care hoursNot published
  • Program length5 years
  • Program startsNot published
  • Prerequisite coursesAs the program states it, Date not stated7 units of math and science (first-year entry)

Accreditation

  • StatusARC-PA list, fetched 2026-10-28Accreditation-Continued
  • First accreditedOctober 1993
  • Next accreditation reviewJuly 2032
  • 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
202438380%
2025403415%
202637355.7%

What the numbers say

Duquesne's PA class of 2025 passed the PANCE at 100% on the first attempt, 9 points above the national rate of 91%. The class of 2024 also reached 100%, tied with 2025 for the best rate of the last 5 classes. The program has been above the national rate in each class since 2023, 3 of the 5 in the window. In 2022 its rate was 83%, the lowest of the window, against 92% nationally. From 2022 to 2025 the first-time rate climbed by 17 points. The class of 2021 was the largest in the window, with 66 first-time takers. Duquesne posts NCCPA results back to its class of 2002, and this page shows the 5 most recent classes. IPEDS counts 38 PA degrees conferred by Duquesne in 2024-25. Students enter the program as first-year undergraduates with a minimum Q.P.A. of 3.0, and the application deadline is November 15 (check the program's page for the current cycle). ARC-PA first accredited it in 1993, lists it as Accreditation-Continued and places its next review in July 2032. College Scorecard shows a median of $114,002 1 year after completion for graduates of the allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment field at Duquesne 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. U.S. Department of Education: College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data, 15 Oct 2026, fetched 26 Oct 2026
  3. www.duq.edu: Health Sciences - Physician Assistant Studies, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  4. www.duq.edu: Physician Assistant Studies, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  5. 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
  6. National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), posted by the program: PANCE Exam Performance Summary Report for Duquesne University (program 1102), printed 12/18/2025, fetched 28 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