Physician assistant · Master's

Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale PA program: PANCE pass rate, cost and admission

At Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, 97% of the PA class of 2025 passed the PANCE on the first attempt, against 91% nationally. The program reports a class size of 76. IPEDS counts 241 PA degrees conferred by Nova Southeastern University as a whole (all campuses) in 2024-25.

Fort Lauderdale, FL ARC-PA: Accreditation-Continued, next review April 2035 Checked Oct 2026

PANCE score report, first-time takers

Source: NCCPA report posted by the program
Class of 2025
97%
Above national 2 of 5
First-time takers
69
National, class of 2025
91%
Classes shown
5
This programNational first-time rate
80%85%90%95%100%Class of 2021: 92%, national 93%, 72 takers92%2021Class of 2022: 88%, national 92%, 74 takers88%2022Class of 2023: 91%, national 92%, 70 takers91%2023Class of 2024: 95%, national 92%, 73 takers95%2024Class of 2025: 97%, national 91%, 69 takers97%2025
Table view
ClassProgramNationalTakers
202192%93%72
202288%92%74
202391%92%70
202495%92%73
202597%91%69

Cost, size and outcomes

  • Tuition per yearProgram page, First year (didactic phase), date not stated$43,622
  • Class sizeProgram page, Class of 2025 (entering class size)76
  • PA degrees conferred by the institution, all campusesIPEDS completions, 2024-25 (provisional), CIP 51.0912241
  • Median earnings, 1 year after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22$114,908
  • Median earnings, 4 years after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19$129,749
  • 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, check the program's pageCASPA · January 15
  • Minimum overall GPA3.0
  • Patient care hoursNot published
  • Program length27 months
  • Program startsMay
  • Prerequisite coursesAs the program states it, NSU PA programs, all campuses, date not statedCollege Math; English; Humanities/Arts; Social Sciences; General Chemistry I and II with labs; Microbiology with lab; General Biology or Zoology with lab; Human Anatomy and Physiology; Biochemistry; Human Genetics; Medical Terminology

Accreditation

  • StatusARC-PA list, fetched 2026-10-28Accreditation-Continued
  • First accreditedMay 1994
  • Next accreditation reviewApril 2035
  • 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
202375706.7%
202476733.9%
202576699.2%

What the numbers say

NSU's Fort Lauderdale PA program had 97% of its 69 first-time takers pass the PANCE in the class of 2025, while the national rate was 91%. That left the Fort Lauderdale class 6 points above the national figure, following a 3-point lead in 2024. Fort Lauderdale fell short of the national rate in 3 of the 5 classes on the NCCPA report, all of them before 2024. Its low point came with the class of 2022 at 88%, 4 points under the national 92%. From 2021 to 2025 the campus moved between 88% and 97%, ending 5 points higher than where the window began. Fort Lauderdale enrolled 76 students in its entering class of 2025, and ARC-PA's attrition table puts that class's attrition at 9.2%. IPEDS counts 241 PA degrees conferred in 2024-25 across all Nova Southeastern campuses, not Fort Lauderdale alone. The Fort Lauderdale cost table lists first-year tuition for the 27-month program's didactic phase at $43,622 before scholarships, with no date given. NSU's PA programs take applications through CASPA with a January 15 deadline and a May start, but no cycle year is printed, so check the program's page for current dates. Applicants to any NSU campus need a cumulative and a science GPA of at least 3.0 and coursework that includes biochemistry, human genetics and medical terminology. ARC-PA first accredited the Fort Lauderdale program in 1994; its status is Accreditation-Continued and its next review is due in April 2035.

Sources

  1. Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA): Entry Level Accredited Programs, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  2. md.nova.edu: Master of Medical Science, Physician Assistant, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  3. md.nova.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. md.nova.edu: The program's own page (PDF), fetched 29 Oct 2026
  7. md.nova.edu: College of Allopathic Medicine Tuition and Fees, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  8. National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), posted by the program: PANCE Exam Performance Summary Report for Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale (program 1103), printed 1/16/2026, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  9. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, state estimates, May 2025, 15 May 2026, fetched 26 Oct 2026