Matriculated Student/Graduation Data
| Johnson & Wales University offers a 24-month MSPAS. Our program offers 36 seats a year, and classes begin in June — with a mandatory Orientation in the latter half of May. We seek the most highly qualified students who have a demonstrated capacity to excel academically and show the most promise of becoming PAs who will exemplify our program’s mission. All applicants must be graduates of, or be in the process of, graduating from an accredited U.S. institution. A bachelor’s degree is required before matriculation. We are not currently able to accept applications from international candidates. |
Matriculated Student Data
| CLASS OF | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
| FEMALE | 92% | 100% | 92% | 86% |
| MALE | 8% | 0% | 8% | 14% |
| TOTAL ENROLLED |
36 | 36 | 36 | 35** |
| AVG GPA |
3.74 | 3.72 | 3.79 | 3.86 |
| AVG BCP GPA | 3.66 | 3.64 | 3.73 | 3.83 |
| UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE* |
14% | 11% | 3% | 3% |
| 1st GEN COLLEGE |
22% | 14% | 28% | 8% |
*Underrepresented in Medicine as defined by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
**For admission to the class of 2027, the program received 1123 applications.
Faculty: Student Ratio*
- Academic year 2025-26 mean = 9.2
- National Mean = 12.2**
- New England Division mean = 13.5**
*Calculated by dividing the total number of enrolled students by the sum of the faculty FTEs excluding the program director and medical director.
**Physician Assistant Education Association. “By the Numbers: 35: Data from the 2019 Program Survey,” Washington, DC: PAEA; 2020. doi: 10.17538/PR35.2020
ARC-PA Graduation Rate Template (Std A3.11i)
| GRADUATED CLASSES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Class of 2023 | Class of 2023 | Class of 2025 | |
| MAXIMUM ENTERING CLASS SIZE (as approved by ARC-PA) |
36 | 36 | 36 |
| Entering Class Size |
37 | 36 | 37 |
| Graduates |
35 | 33 | 34 |
| ATTRITION RATE* | 5.4% | 8.3% | 8.1% |
| GRADUATION RATE** | 94.6% | 91.7% | 91.9% |
Note: One student from the Class of 2022 decelerated to the Class of 2023. One student from the Class of 2024 decelerated and graduated from the Class of 2025.
*Attrition rate: Number of students who attritted from cohort divided by the entering class size.
**Graduation rate: Number of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size.