25th Annual Report on Physician Assistant Educational Programs (Preliminary Data, ) November, 2009 Portland, OR Mei Liang, Steven Lane Physician Assistant Education Association

Survey Response Rate

Future Surveys and Data Services Surveys – Faculty Survey – December 2009 to January 2010 – Curriculum Survey – Spring 2010 – Matriculant Survey (PAEA & AAPA) – Mid 2010 – Graduate Survey – Late 2010 Services – Benchmarking

Accredited PA Programs

Program Profile

Geographic Location 148 programs in 44 states; 30% of all programs are in NY, PA, and CA.

Types of Programs Community Colleges (5%)

Program Length

Highest Credential Awarded Associate: 0%

Public vs. Private

Financial Characteristics

Total Budget Year Mean (Total budget)$1,252,283$1,389,302$1,077,814 Median (Total budget)$962,942$1,000,000$713,000 PercentileTotal Budget 10%$607,340 25%$714,990 50%$962,943 75%$1,503,282 90%$2,250,000

Budget Revenue Categories MeanMedian% Receiving Sponsoring Institution$930,391$791,97290% Tuition and Fees$1,287,800$864,50027% Federal Grants$103,368$100,67719% State Grants$250,508$166,00014% AHEC$16,089$4,0009% Private Foundation$31,639$27,4707% Private Donation$53,169$10,00017% Industry DonationN/A 1%

Cost of Studying at a PA Program Entire Professional PhasePublicPrivate Average In-state tuition$31,210$65,573 Average out-of-state tuition$56,934$66,014 Average incidental costs$6,538$5,925 Enrollees receiving financial aid 89%95%

Program Characteristics

Didactic Sites and Online Options

Rotations 39.2% of the responding programs offer international rotations – All international rotations are elective 5% of the responding programs pay clinical sites to precept their students (8% in 2007)

Admissions: Prerequisites

Admissions: Healthcare Experience

Background Check and Drug Testing

Program Personnel

Student-Faculty Ratio Percentile Number of Students per Faculty Member 10%6.6 25% % % %22.3 Mean14.5

Gender and Age FacultyStaff Average age4846 GenderFemaleMaleFemaleMale 56%44%88%12% Average age by gender

Ethnicity

Length of Employment of Faculty Mean: 6.3 years Median: 4 years

Faculty Academic Characteristics Tenure: 10% tenured; 17% on tenure track Highest degree: 61% Master’s; 30% Ph.D.; M.D., or other doctorate degree PA status: 77% PA; 23% Non-PA Academic Rank: 7% full professor; 17% associate professor; 46% assistant professor; 22% lecturer/instructor

Faculty Salary by Ethnicity and Gender MaleFemale White$90,927$81,119 Black/African American$77,883$87,118 Hispanic/Latino$82,370$75,937 Asian$80,408$79,839 Other$83,983$77,601

Salary By Position Mean FTEMean Salary Program Director99%$109,630 Medical Director36%$112,555 Clinical Coordinator93%$80,506 Academic Coordinator94%$81,556 Faculty87%$75,869

Faculty Salary by Consortium

Clinical Work Faculty who did clinical work65% Average hours per week14 Range (hours) 1-60 Clinical work generated income92% – Income retained by faculty member86% – Income retained by program/institution14%

Departing Personnel Percent of faculty who ended employment6% – Average years of employment5 Stated reason for ending employment – Return to clinical practice33% – Geographical relocation20% – Retirement15% – Family obligations11%

New Faculty Percent of all faculty hired 11% Immediate past employment – Clinical practice72% – PA education12% – Other educational program8% Weeks to fill vacant position13 (0-104) Qualified applicants4 (0-16)

Barriers to Hiring New Faculty Not applicable: 17%

Matriculants

First-Year Enrollment

Gender

Ethnicity (First-year class)

First-Year Minority Student Enrollment

GPA (First-year class) Average undergraduate overall GPA3.44 Average undergraduate science GPA3.38 Average graduate overall GPA3.38 Average graduate science GPA3.34

Graduating Students

Graduates

Dismissal and Deceleration Average rate of dismissal4.6% Average rate of deceleration3.2%

Employment Status Of graduates with known employment: – 99% employed in clinical practice as PA – 0.6% enrolled as full-time students – 0.2% employed in health field other than PA

Primary Care (2008 graduates)

Starting Salary (2008)

THANKS Data and Research Subcommittee – Theresa Hegmann, Meredith Davison, Perri Morgan, Glenn Forister, Rick Dehn, Diane Zywotko, Marie Link, and Gary Bouchard Research Institute Original Data and Research Workgroup Brian Chin, Pooja Singh, Kevin Quinn at Liaison International Everyone else who offered invaluable opinions or a piece of your mind

THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THE SURVEY

PAEA Unique Identifier Goals Learn more about the applicant pool for the PA profession – Find out how large the applicant pool is – Compare similarities and differences between CASPA and non-CASPA programs

PAEA Unique Identifier Non-CASPA Program Responsibilities – Direct their applicants to the PAEA website to obtain a PAEA ID number and ask applicants for their ID number – Report the PAEA ID number of all applicants – Report the PAEA ID number of all matriculants CASPA Program Applicants – Applicants to CASPA programs only would not be affected by this proposal

PAEA Unique Identifier Process Non-CASPA programs will direct their applicants to the PAEA website to obtain a PAEA ID number. At the PAEA ID portal applicants will fill out a short survey consisting of demographic questions only. After the applicants submit the survey, they will immediately be assigned a PAEA ID number. The applicant should retain this number for their records and report their PAEA ID number to each non- participating program to which they apply (if requested).

PAEA Unique Identifier Launch The PAEA ID portal will open April of More information, including instructions for directing your applicants to the PAEA ID portal will be sent to all non-CASPA members before the launch. We do realize that not all non-CASPA programs will be able to participate in the first cycle because of conflicts with their admissions cycle. We hope to have full participation for the second cycle. If you have questions please contact Ayeshia Ellington Pompey at or (703) ext