Physician assistant · Master's

St. John's University-New York PA program: PANCE pass rate, cost and admission

At St. John's University-New York, 98% of the PA class of 2026 passed the PANCE on the first attempt, against 94% nationally. The program reports a class size of 75. IPEDS counts 67 PA degrees conferred by the institution in 2024-25.

Queens, NY ARC-PA: Accreditation-Continued, next review January 2033 Checked Oct 2026

Listed by ARC-PA as: St. John’s University (formerly SVCMC)

PANCE score report, first-time takers

Source: NCCPA report posted by the program
Class of 2026
98%
Above national 4 of 5
First-time takers
61
National, class of 2026
94%
Classes shown
5
This programNational first-time rate
80%85%90%95%100%Class of 2022: 100%, national 92%, 64 takers100%2022Class of 2023: 90%, national 92%, 62 takers90%2023Class of 2024: 96%, national 92%, 67 takers96%2024Class of 2025: 100%, national 91%, 69 takers100%2025Class of 2026: 98%, national 94%, 61 takers98%2026
Table view
ClassProgramNationalTakers
2022100%92%64
202390%92%62
202496%92%67
2025100%91%69
202698%94%61

Cost, size and outcomes

  • Cost of attendance, whole programProgram page, three-year estimate$241,979
  • Tuition, whole programProgram page, three-year estimate$157,740
  • Class sizeProgram page, Class of 2026 (entering class size per ARC-PA attrition table)75
  • PA degrees conferred by the institutionIPEDS completions, 2024-25 (provisional), CIP 51.091267
  • Median earnings, 1 year after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22$135,962
  • 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, New YorkBLS OEWS, May 2025, context only$160,880

What it asks of applicants

  • Application service and deadlineAs the program states it, check the program's pageCASPA · October 1
  • Minimum overall GPA3.0
  • Patient care hours200 required
  • Program lengthNot published
  • Program startsNot published
  • Prerequisite coursesAs the program states it, 2026-27 cycleGeneral Biology with lab, General Chemistry with lab, Microbiology, Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2 with lab, Biochemistry, Psychology, Mathematics including Statistics, English Composition

Accreditation

  • StatusARC-PA list, fetched 2026-10-28Accreditation-Continued
  • First accreditedOctober 1995
  • Next accreditation reviewJanuary 2033
  • 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
2024766711.8%
2025776910.4%
202675689.3%

What the numbers say

St. John's PA program reports a first-time PANCE pass rate of 98% for the class of 2026, 4 points above the 94% national rate. The classes of 2022 and 2025 both passed at 100%, tied for the highest rate of the last 5 classes. The program was above the national figure in 4 of those 5 classes. The exception came in 2023, when 90% passed against 92% nationally. The 2025 class was the largest of the window, with 69 first-time takers. IPEDS counts 67 PA degrees conferred by St. John's in 2024-25. The university estimates tuition of $157,740 for the whole program and a total estimated cost of $241,979 once fees, housing and other expenses are added. Applicants need a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and 200 hours of verified patient care experience when they submit their CASPA application. ARC-PA first accredited the Queens program in 1995 and lists it as Accreditation-Continued, with its next review in January 2033. For graduates of the allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment field at St. John's who completed in 2020-21 and 2021-22, College Scorecard reports a median of $135,962 1 year after completion.

Sources

  1. Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA): Entry Level Accredited Programs, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  2. www.stjohns.edu: Physician Assistant, Master of Science | St. John's University, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  3. www.stjohns.edu: MS Physician Assistant Program Cost | St. John's University, fetched 28 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. National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), posted by the program: PANCE Exam Performance Summary Report for St. John's University (program 1110), printed 8/06/2026, 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