Physician assistant · Master's

University of Utah PA program: PANCE pass rate, cost and admission

The PA program at University of Utah reports that 98% of its class of 2026 passed the PANCE on the first attempt, against 94% nationally (program-reported, not the NCCPA report). IPEDS counts 66 PA degrees conferred by the institution in 2024-25.

Salt Lake City, UT ARC-PA: Accreditation-Continued, next review April 2036 Checked Oct 2026

PANCE score report, as the program reports it

Source: program-reported, on the program's own page (not the NCCPA report), program-reported, PANCE report page, first time takers, all campuses
Class of 2026
98%
Above national 3 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: 86%, national 92%, 63 takers86%2022Class of 2023: 93%, national 92%, 68 takers93%2023Class of 2024: 91%, national 92%, 65 takers91%2024Class of 2025: 94%, national 91%, 65 takers94%2025Class of 2026: 98%, national 94%, 61 takers98%2026
Table view
ClassProgramNationalTakersAs labelled on the page
202286%92%63program-reported, PANCE report page, first time takers, all campuses
202393%92%68program-reported, PANCE report page, first time takers, all campuses
202491%92%65program-reported, PANCE report page, first time takers, all campuses
202594%91%65program-reported, PANCE report page, first time takers, all campuses
202698%94%61program-reported, PANCE report page, first time takers, all campuses

Cost, size and outcomes

  • Tuition and fees, whole programProgram page, 2026-27 rates, Utah residents, all seven semesters$97,208
  • Class sizeProgram pageNot published
  • PA degrees conferred by the institutionIPEDS completions, 2024-25 (provisional), CIP 51.091266
  • Median earnings, 1 year after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22$121,926
  • Median earnings, 4 years after completionCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degree, graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19$129,233
  • Median federal loan debtCollege Scorecard, Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, master's degreeNot published
  • Physician assistants, median wage, UtahBLS OEWS, May 2025, context only$134,740

What it asks of applicants

  • Application service and deadlineAs the program states it, 2026 application year, for the 2027 matriculating classCASPA · August 1
  • Minimum overall GPA3.0
  • Patient care hoursNot published
  • Program length27 months
  • Program startsMay
  • Prerequisite coursesAs the program states it, 2026 application year, 2027 entering classHuman Anatomy with lab, Human Physiology or Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Biology, Chemistry

Accreditation

  • StatusARC-PA list, fetched 2026-10-28Accreditation-Continued
  • First accreditedNovember 1972
  • Next accreditation reviewApril 2036
  • 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
202268637%
202369681%
202470657%
202571667%

What the numbers say

The University of Utah publishes program-reported PANCE results for all of its campuses; for the class of 2026 it lists 98% of 61 first-time takers passing, its highest, against a national 94%. That is a 12-point climb from the 86% of 2022, the lowest of the 5 reported classes. In 2022 the program was 6 points below the national rate, and in 2024 it was 1 point below again, at 91%. The remaining years put it ahead: by 1 point in 2023, 3 in 2025, when 94% passed against 91%, and 4 in 2026. For the class of 2025, the ARC-PA attrition table shows 7%; the university conferred 66 PA degrees in 2024-25, per IPEDS. The program estimates total tuition and fees for the whole course at $97,208 for a Utah resident, at 2026-27 rates. Instruction runs 27 months, and the next class starts in May 2027. The CASPA application for that class is due August 1, 2026. Utah sets a 3.0 floor for the total and science GPAs that CASPA calculates. Prerequisites for the 2027 entering class are human anatomy with a lab, human physiology or anatomy and physiology I and II, biology and chemistry. The program's first ARC-PA accreditation dates to November 1972, its status is Accreditation-Continued, and the next review is listed for April 2036. College Scorecard figures for graduates of the university's allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment master's field show a median of $121,926 1 year after completion for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 cohorts.

Sources

  1. Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA): Entry Level Accredited Programs, fetched 28 Oct 2026
  2. medicine.utah.edu: Important Dates | Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine | University of Utah Health, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  3. medicine.utah.edu: Student Attrition | Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine | University of Utah Health, 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.utah.edu: Requirements | Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine | University of Utah Health, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  7. medicine.utah.edu: Tuition & Financial Aid | Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine | University of Utah Health, fetched 29 Oct 2026
  8. medicine.utah.edu: PANCE Report | Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine | University of Utah Health, 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