Physician assistant · Master's

Thomas Jefferson University, Center City Campus PA program: PANCE pass rate, cost and admission

At Thomas Jefferson University, Center City Campus, 95% of the PA class of 2025 passed the PANCE on the first attempt, against 91% nationally. IPEDS counts 118 PA degrees conferred by Thomas Jefferson University as a whole (all campuses) in 2024-25.

Philadelphia, PA ARC-PA: Accreditation-Continued, next review July 2028 Checked Oct 2026

PANCE score report, first-time takers

Source: NCCPA report posted by the program
Class of 2025
95%
Above national 5 of 5
First-time takers
43
National, class of 2025
91%
Classes shown
5
This programNational first-time rate
80%85%90%95%100%Class of 2021: 100%, national 93%, 41 takers100%2021Class of 2022: 100%, national 92%, 50 takers100%2022Class of 2023: 98%, national 92%, 46 takers98%2023Class of 2024: 98%, national 92%, 43 takers98%2024Class of 2025: 95%, national 91%, 43 takers95%2025
Table view
ClassProgramNationalTakers
2021100%93%41
2022100%92%50
202398%92%46
202498%92%43
202595%91%43

Cost, size and outcomes

  • Cost of attendanceProgram pageNot published
  • Class sizeProgram pageNot published
  • PA degrees conferred by the institution, all campusesIPEDS completions, 2024-25 (provisional), CIP 51.0912118
  • Median earnings, 1 year after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22$128,920
  • Median earnings, 4 years after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19$133,096
  • 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 itNot published
  • Minimum overall GPANot published
  • Patient care hoursNot published
  • Program length27 months
  • Program startsNot published

Accreditation

  • StatusARC-PA list, fetched 2026-10-28Accreditation-Continued
  • First accreditedMarch 2014
  • Next accreditation reviewJuly 2028
  • 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
2023514610%
2024484310%
2025504510%

What the numbers say

At Jefferson's Center City campus, the PA class of 2025 passed the PANCE at a first-time rate of 95%, 4 points ahead of the 91% national rate. That was 3 points lower than the Center City class of 2024, which passed at 98% with 43 takers. The 95% is the lowest Center City rate of the 5 classes in the NCCPA report. Center City's classes of 2021 and 2022 are tied for the highest result, both at 100%, with 41 and 50 first-time takers. Each class at Center City finished above the national rate, with margins from 4 points in 2025 to 8 points in 2022. In between, the 2023 Center City class passed at 98%, 6 points beyond the 92% national figure. The ARC-PA attrition table for the Center City program shows 10% attrition in the class of 2025. IPEDS counts 118 PA degrees conferred in 2024-25 across all Thomas Jefferson University campuses, not Center City alone. The Center City program runs 27 months on campus. ARC-PA first accredited the Center City program in March 2014, lists it as Accreditation-Continued and has scheduled its next review for July 2028. Earnings in College Scorecard cover Thomas Jefferson University as a whole: graduates of its allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment master's field from 2020-21 and 2021-22 had a median of $128,920 1 year after completion. University-wide, College Scorecard shows $133,096 4 years after completion for graduates of that field who finished in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

Sources

  1. Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA): Entry Level Accredited Programs, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  2. www.jefferson.edu: The program's own page (PDF), 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.jefferson.edu: Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies - Center City, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  6. National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), posted by the program: PANCE Exam Performance Summary Report for Thomas Jefferson University, Center City Campus (program 6039), printed 12/11/2025, 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