23 rd Annual Report on Physician Assistant Educational Programs Marie S. Link

Response Rate of Survey

General Program Characteristics

Sponsoring Institution and Credential Awarded 72% Universities 21% Four-Year College 77% Masters 16% Baccalaureate 5% Certificate 2% Associate

Programs by Year of First Entering Class

Credential Offered by Consortia Region

Length of Curriculum Average Length: 26.8 months  Masters: 27.4  Bachelors: 25.2  Associate: 23.7  Certificate: 23.0

Financial Characteristics

Financial Support Mean: $1,077,814; Median: 713,000 Range: $274,000 - $4,654, programs with Federal Grants

Financial Support MastersBachelorsCertificateAssociate Mean$1,095,188$862,423$1,459,900Not Available Range$274,000 – 4,654,000 $351, ,209,000 $549,000 – 2,309,500 Not Available

Program Personnel

PA vs. Non-PA Number of PA personnel: 440 (58.3%)  I: 265 (60.2%); II: 150 (34.1%); III: 25 (5.7%) Number of Non-PA personnel: 125 (16.6%)  I: 60 (48.0%); II: 15 (12.0%); III: 50 (40.0%) Number of Non-PA personnel in Cat IV: 190 (25.2%)

General Characteristics of PA Personnel Mean Salary:  I: $74,998; II: $75,314 III: $86,469 Mean Months in position:  I: 60.3 (median: 42); II: 60.6 (median: 36); III: 91.8 (median: 62)

General Characteristics of Non-PA Personnel Mean Salary:  I: $73,797; II: $45,635; III: $42,649; IV: $35,311 Mean Months in position:  I: 71.5; II: 41.7; III: 91.4; IV: 71.5 Median Months in position:  I: 42.5; II: 22; III: 62; IV: 39

Ethnicity and Gender of Personnel White: 86.6% Male: 37.4% African-American: 5.1% Female: 62.6% Latino/Hispanic: 3.7% Asian: 2.6% Asian Subpopulation: <1% Native Hawaiian/Other P.I.: <1% American Indian/Alaskan: <1% Other: <1% (Categories I - III)

Ethnicity and Gender of Personnel White: 70.9% Male: 10.6% African-American: 11.7% Female: 89.4% Latino/Hispanic: 11.7% Asian: 3.9% Asian Subpopulation: <1% Native Hawaiian/Other P.I.: 0% American Indian/Alaskan: 1.7% (Category IV)

Mean Annual Salary by Ethnicity & Gender (Categories I - III) MaleFemale White$78,234$69,393 Black$69,999$64,535 Hispanic$77,950$65,508 Asian$75,617$64,452

Classification & Tenure Track Status % faculty classification: 84% % in tenure track: 24% % tenured: 5%

Faculty vs. Staff Salaries Faculty:  PA: $75,984  Non-PA: $73,818 Staff:  PA: $73,656  Non-PA: $39,942 (Categories I - III)

Highest Degree Held by Program Personnel Doctorate: 12.3% (14.4%) Masters: 58.1% (68.1%) Bachelors: 13.3% (15.6%) Associate: 1.6% (1.8%) Not Reported: 14.7% (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: 2.3% : 71.6% 30 and over: 26.0% Average age:  Full-time: 26.7  Part-time: 28.6

Enrollment by Age and Region

Trends in Enrollee Age:

Ethnicity of Enrollees White: 76.7% Hispanic/Latino: 6.5% Asian: 5.3% African-American: 5.3% Other: 3.7% Asian Subpopulation: 1.2% American Indian/Alaskan: 0.7% Native Hawaiian/Other PI: 0.5%

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

% of Programs without Minority enrollment by ethnic background African-American: 25.5% Hispanic/Latino: 32.2% Asian: 28.9% Asian Subpopulation: 66.7% Native Hawaiian/Other P.I.: 92.2% American Indian/Alaskan: 82.2% 3 programs have no minorities enrolled

Trends in Minority Student Enrollment:

Academic Profile Baccalaureate Degree: 76.0% No academic Degree: 12.7% Masters Degree: 5.5% Associate Degree: 4.8% Doctoral Degree: 1.0%

GPA and HCE Mean GPA: 3.40 Mean # of months of HCE: 30.3

Trends in Health Care Experience of Enrollees:

Recent Graduates (2006)

Number of Graduates 2,259 (65 programs) Estimated: 4,805 (132 programs) Mean per program: 36.6  Female: 26.3  Male: 10.3

Number of Recent Graduates

Mean Number of Graduates per Region

Graduates by Ethnicity White: 76.0% Hispanic/Latino: 6.5% Asian: 4.7% African-American: 4.7% Other: 4.7% Asian Subpopulations: 2.1% American Indian/Alaskan: 1.0% Native Hawaiian/Other P.I.: 0.3%

Trends in Minority P.A. Graduates:

Employment Characteristics As a PA: 71.3% Not as a PA: 0.3% Unemployed: 3.2% Continued with Education: 1.1% Unknown: 24.1%

Employment in Primary Care vs. Non- Primary Care Primary Care: 37.5% Non-Primary Care: 62.5%

Recent Graduate Employment in Primary Care

Trends in Starting Salary for New Graduates:

Starting Salaries by Region Heartland: $72,500 Southeastern: $70,638 Northeastern: $70,519 Western: $68,219 Midwestern: $66,620 Eastern: $63,633

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