22 nd Annual Report on Physician Assistant Educational Programs Albert F. Simon Marie S. Link

Response Rate of Survey

General Program Characteristics

Sponsoring Institution and Credential Awarded 71% Universities 21% Four-Year College 74% Masters 19% Baccalaureate 5% Certificate 2% Associate

Sponsoring Institution

Programs by Year of First Entering Class

Credential Offered by Consortia Region

Length of Curriculum Average Length: 26.5 months Masters: 27.3 Bachelors: 25.0 Certificate: 23.0 Associate: 23.0

Financial Characteristics

Financial Support Mean: $990,527; Median: 820,000 Range: $186,835 - $5,029, programs with Federal Grants

Financial Support MastersBachelorsCertificateAssociate Mean$997,089$893,273$1,199,165Not Available Range$209,150 – 5,029,000 $186, ,842,000 $517,673 – 1,934,318 Not Available

Program Personnel

Annual Report Personnel Classification Category I Academic coordinator, Educational Specialist Category II Clinical coordinator, Clinical Instructor Category III Associate Director, Co Director Category IV Secretary, Manager

PA vs. Non-PA Number of PA personnel: 448 (59.1%) I: 256 (57.1%); II: 159 (35.5%); III: 33 (7.4%) Number of Non-PA personnel: 114 (15.0%) I: 63 (55.3%); II: 11 (9.6%); III: 40 (35.1%) Number of Non-PA personnel in Cat IV: 196 (25.9%)

General Characteristics of PA Personnel Mean Salary: I: $71,381; II: $70,534 III: $80,590 Mean Months in position: I: 61.2 (median: 48); II: 50.1 (median: 32); III: 94.7 (median: 48)

General Characteristics of Non-PA Personnel Mean Salary: I: $69,162; II: $56,908; III: $48,289; IV: $32,612 Mean Months in position: I: 68.1; II: 37.5; III: 97.8; IV: 63.7 Median Months in position: I: 40; II: 30; III: 64.5; IV: 36

Ethnicity and Gender of Personnel White: 87.0% Male: 36.8% African American: 4.5% Female: 63.2% Latino/Hispanic: 4.6% Asian: 1.5% Asian Subpopulation: <1% Native Hawaiian/Other P.I.: <1% American Indian/Alaskan: <1% Other: <1% (Categories I - III)

Ethnicity and Gender of Personnel White: 69.7% Male: 9.0% African American: 14.4% Female: 91.0% Latino/Hispanic: 10.1% Asian: 2.7% Asian Subpopulation: 2.1% Native Hawaiian/Other P.I.: 0% American Indian/Alaskan: <1% (Category IV)

Mean Annual Salary by Ethnicity & Gender (Categories I - III) MaleFemale White$74,583$67,234 African American $71,853$68,219 Hispanic$77,874$61,574 AsianNA$63,114

Classification & Tenure Track Status % faculty classification: 86% % in tenure track: 25% % tenured: 3.7%

Faculty vs. Staff Salaries Faculty: PA: $71,960 Non-PA: $72,059 Staff: PA: $69,066 Non-PA: $42,592 (Categories I - III)

Highest Degree Held by Program Personnel Doctorate: 12.3% Masters: 60.7% Bachelors: 13.4% Associate: 0.9% Not Reported: 12.7% (Categories I - III)

Highest Degree Held by Program Personnel: (Categories I - III)

Enrolled Students

Trends of Students Enrolled:

Current Enrollment by Gender Male: 27% Female: 73%

Trends in Enrollment:

Mean Number of Students Currently Enrolled per Program - Degree Granted by Program

Total Full-Time Enrollment by Degree

Trends in Student Enrollment:

Age of Current Enrollees Under 20: 1.7% : 73.2% 30 and over: 25.1% Average age: Full-time: 27.2 Part-time: 33.6

Enrollment by Age and Region

Trends in Enrollee Age:

Ethnicity of Enrollees White: 77.2% Hispanic/Latino: 6.6% Asian: 6.4% African American: 5.9% Other: 1.9% Asian Subpopulation: 0.9% American Indian/Alaskan: 0.9% Native Hawaiian/Other PI: 0.2%

Ethnicity of Full-Time Students – Entry-Level Degree Granted by Program

% of Programs without Minority enrollment by ethnic background African American: 34.8% Hispanic/Latino: 33.7% Asian: 30.4% Asian Subpopulation: 76.1% Native Hawaiian/Other P.I.: 90.2% American Indian/Alaskan: 81.5% 6 programs have no minorities enrolled

Trends in Minority Student Enrollment:

Academic Profile Baccalaureate Degree: 76.3% No academic Degree: 12.9% Masters Degree: 5.1% Associate Degree: 4.4% Doctoral Degree: 1.2%

GPA and HCE Mean GPA: 3.39 Mean # of months of HCE: 28.6

Trends in Health Care Experience of Enrollees:

Recent Graduates (2005)

Number of Graduates 2,758 (80 programs) Estimated: 4,416 (128 programs) Mean per program: 34.5 Female: 24.7 Male: 9.8

Number of Recent Graduates

Mean Number of Graduates per Region

Graduates by Ethnicity White: 79.9% Hispanic/Latino: 5.2% Asian: 5.2% Black: 4.9% Other: 2.0% Asian Subpopulations: 1.7% American Indian/Alaskan: 0.9% Native Hawaiian/Other P.I.: 0.3%

Trends in Minority P.A. Graduates:

Employment Characteristics As a PA: 67.6% Not as a PA: 0.8% Unemployed: 3.8% Continued with Education: 0.3% Unknown: 27.7%

Employment in Primary Care vs. Non- Primary Care Primary Care: 35.2% Non-Primary Care: 64.8%

Recent Graduate Employment in Primary Care

Trends in Starting Salary for New Graduates:

Starting Salaries by Region Heartland: $68,092 Southeastern: $66,641 Northeastern: $66,612 Midwestern: $65,317 Western: $65,983 Eastern: $59,827

Mean Starting Salary of Graduates per Program – Entry-level Credential Granted by Program

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