{"id":1631,"date":"2024-03-14T14:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/?page_id=1631"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:18:59","slug":"accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Physician Assistant Studies accreditation and attrition<\/h1>\n

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Northern Arizona University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Northern Arizona University. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards.<\/p>\n

Accreditation remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards. The approximate date for the next validation review of the program by the ARC-PA will be October 2035. The review date is contingent upon continued compliance with the Accreditation Standards and ARC-PA policy.<\/p>\n

The program\u2019s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at https:\/\/www.arc-pa.org\/accreditation-history-northern-arizona-university\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Attrition<\/h3>\n

ARC-PA Student Attrition Graduate Rate<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td>Graduated Classes<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Class of 2023<\/strong><\/td>Class of 2024<\/strong><\/td>Class of 2025<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum entering class size<\/strong>
\n(as approved by ARC-PA)<\/td>		62<\/td>60<\/td>60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entering class size<\/td>60<\/td>60<\/td>60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graduates<\/td>55<\/td>58<\/td>57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*Attrition rate<\/strong><\/td>8%<\/td>3%<\/td>5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
**Graduation Rate<\/td>92%<\/td>97%<\/td>95%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nComments: The ARC-PA approved a one-time temporary increase for the year one cohort effective May 2021 (Class of 2023).
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\n*Attrition rate calculation: Number of students who attritted from cohort (decelerated + withdrawals + dismissals) divided by the (entering class size + number joining class cohort)
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\n**Graduation rate calculation: Number of cohort graduates divided by the (entering class size + number joining class cohort) <\/span>\n\n

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Department of Physician Assistant Studies<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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602-298-4015<\/div>\n <\/a>\n \n
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PAProg@nau.edu<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Physician Assistant Studies accreditation and attrition The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Northern Arizona University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Northern Arizona University. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards. Accreditation remains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":2002,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1631","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2311,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631\/revisions\/2311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/physician-assistant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}