Goal 1: Recruit qualified applicants who successfully complete medical education as a physician assistant
Goal 1: Recruit qualified applicants who successfully complete medical education as a physician assistantThroughout the University of Iowa's Physician Assistant Program history, students have been heavily integrated into the Carver College of Medicine's medical education, taking the same courses and graded on the same scale as medical students. The success of this program is through attracting and recruiting highly qualified applicants that will be able to handle the rigor of this type of teaching format.
Each year, interviews with approximately 120 applicants are conducted for the 25 seats available. Our data, along with our graduation and PANCE pass rates, indicate that we recruit highly qualified applicants.
| Class Enrolled | Ratio of App/Enroll | % Female | Mean Age | Cum GPA/Sem Hours | Sci GPA/Sem Hours | GREs Verb/Quant/ Anal/Total |
Hours HCE | Hours Res |
| 2016-2017 | 36.1:1 | 64.0 | 24.0 | 3.78/145 | 3.80/62 | 158/157/4.2 | 3,331 | 602 |
| 2017-2018 | 40.1:1 | 44.0 | 26.0 | 3.71/152 | 3.76/76 | 159/158/4.5 | 2,478 | 1,067 |
| 2018-2019 | 37.0:1 | 60.0 | 24.0 | 3.74/141 | 3.71/87 | 159/157/4.5 | 3,788 | 1,118 |
| 2019-2020 | 27.7:1 | 60.0 | 23.0 | 3.78/141 | 3.75/81 | 158/159/4.5 | 3,332 | 976 |
| 2020-2021 | 31.0:1 | 52.0 | 25.0 | 3.79/134 | 3.74/77 | 158/158/4.4 | 3,004 | 938 |
| 5 Year Mean | 34.4:1 | 56.0 | 24.4 | 3.76/143 | 3.75/77 | 158/158/4.4 | 3,187 | 940 |
The PA Program works very hard at helping those admitted to the program to be successful and graduate. An indicator of this is over the last five years greater than 99% of all enrolled students graduated from the program. This compares significantly better than the national average of 92.9% from the PAEA Program Report #34. This demonstrates that the program selects students that will perform well in this educational program.