Physician assistant · Master's

Florida International University PA program: PANCE pass rate, cost and admission

At Florida International University, 90% of the PA class of 2025 passed the PANCE on the first attempt, against 91% nationally. IPEDS counts 37 PA degrees conferred by the institution in 2024-25.

Miami, FL ARC-PA: Accreditation-Continued, next review January 2029 Checked Oct 2026

Listed by ARC-PA as: Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

PANCE score report, first-time takers

Source: NCCPA report posted by the program
Class of 2025
90%
Above national 2 of 5
First-time takers
40
National, class of 2025
91%
Classes shown
5
This programNational first-time rate
80%85%90%95%100%Class of 2021: 98%, national 93%, 41 takers98%2021Class of 2022: 89%, national 92%, 45 takers89%2022Class of 2023: 96%, national 92%, 45 takers96%2023Class of 2024: 92%, national 92%, 37 takers92%2024Class of 2025: 90%, national 91%, 40 takers90%2025
Table view
ClassProgramNationalTakers
202198%93%41
202289%92%45
202396%92%45
202492%92%37
202590%91%40

Cost, size and outcomes

  • Tuition and fees, whole programProgram page, Estimated, residents, 92 credit hours over 27 months$91,172
  • Class sizeProgram pageNot published
  • PA degrees conferred by the institutionIPEDS completions, 2024-25 (provisional), CIP 51.091237
  • Median earnings, 1 year after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22$104,329
  • Median earnings, 4 years after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19$107,595
  • Median federal loan debtCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degreeNot published
  • Physician assistants, median wage, FloridaBLS OEWS, May 2025, context only$129,620

What it asks of applicants

  • Application service and deadlineAs the program states it, 2026-27 cycleCASPA · January 15, 2027
  • Minimum overall GPA3.0
  • Patient care hoursNot published
  • Program length27 months
  • Program startsAugust
  • Prerequisite coursesAs the program states it, 2026-27 cycleStatistics, General Chemistry I and II with labs, General Biology I with lab, Microbiology with lab, Human Anatomy and Human Physiology with labs, Organic Chemistry I with lab, Biochemistry, Genetics, Medical Terminology

Accreditation

  • StatusARC-PA list, fetched 2026-10-28Accreditation-Continued
  • First accreditedMarch 2015
  • Next accreditation reviewJanuary 2029
  • 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
202345450%
2024433714%
2025454011.1%

What the numbers say

FIU's PA class of 2025 passed the PANCE at 90% on the first attempt, 1 point below the 91% national rate. The class of 2021 posted the highest rate of the last 5 classes, 98%, while the national rate was 93%. FIU was above the national figure in 2 of those 5 classes, below it in 2, and level with it at 92% in 2024. Its 2023 class passed at 96%, 4 points above the national rate that year. Between 37 and 45 graduates took the exam for the first time each year. IPEDS counts 37 PA degrees conferred by FIU in 2024-25. The program, run by the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami, lasts 27 months. ARC-PA first accredited it in 2015, lists it as Accreditation-Continued and expects the next review in January 2029. College Scorecard puts the median pay of graduates of the allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment field at FIU who finished in 2020-21 and 2021-22 at $104,329 1 year after completion. The program pages saved for this site do not state a class size, a cost or a deadline yet, so those rows show Not published until a dated program page gives them.

Sources

  1. Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA): Entry Level Accredited Programs, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  2. medicine.fiu.edu: Dates & Deadlines | Physician Assistant Studies | FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  3. medicine.fiu.edu: The program's own page (PDF), fetched 29 Oct 2026
  4. 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
  5. U.S. Department of Education: College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data, 15 Oct 2026, fetched 26 Oct 2026
  6. medicine.fiu.edu: Admission Requirements | FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  7. medicine.fiu.edu: Physician Assistant Studies Program | FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  8. medicine.fiu.edu: FIU Physician Assistant Studies | Financial Information, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  9. National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), posted by the program: PANCE Exam Performance Summary Report for Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (program 6044), printed 3/14/2026, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, state estimates, May 2025, 15 May 2026, fetched 26 Oct 2026