22nd Annual Report on Physician Assistant Educational Programs

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22nd Annual Report onPhysician Assistant
Educational Programs

• Albert F. Simon
• Marie S. Link

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Response Rate of Survey
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General Program Characteristics
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Sponsoring Institution and Credential Awarded

• 71 Universities
• 21 Four-Year College
• 74 Masters
• 19 Baccalaureate
• 5 Certificate
• 2 Associate

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Sponsoring Institution
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Programs by Year of First Entering Class
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Credential Offered by Consortia Region
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Length of Curriculum

• Average Length 26.5 months
• Masters 27.3
• Bachelors 25.0
• Certificate 23.0
• Associate 23.0

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Financial Characteristics
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Financial Support

• Mean 990,527 Median 820,000
• Range 186,835 - 5,029,000
• 37 programs with Federal Grants

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Financial Support
Masters Bachelors Certificate Associate
Mean 997,089 893,273 1,199,165 Not Available
Range 209,150 5,029,000 186,835 - 2,842,000 517,673 1,934,318 Not Available
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Program Personnel
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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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Ethnicity and Gender of Personnel
(Categories I - III)

• White 87.0 Male 36.8
• African American 4.5 Female 63.2
• Latino/Hispanic 4.6
• Asian 1.5
• Asian Subpopulation lt1
• Native Hawaiian/Other P.I. lt1
• American Indian/Alaskan lt1
• Other lt1

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Ethnicity and Gender of Personnel
(Category IV)

• 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 lt1

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Mean Annual Salary by Ethnicity Gender
(Categories I - III)
Male Female
White 74,583 67,234
African American 71,853 68,219
Hispanic 77,874 61,574
Asian NA 63,114
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Classification Tenure Track Status

• faculty classification 86
• in tenure track 25
• tenured 3.7

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Faculty vs. Staff Salaries
(Categories I - III)

• Faculty
• PA 71,960
• Non-PA 72,059
• Staff
• PA 69,066
• Non-PA 42,592

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

• Doctorate 12.3
• Masters 60.7
• Bachelors 13.4
• Associate 0.9
• Not Reported 12.7

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Highest Degree Held by Program Personnel
1996-2005
(Categories I - III)
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Enrolled Students
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Trends of Students Enrolled 1986-2005
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Current Enrollment by Gender

• Male 27
• Female 73

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Trends in Enrollment 1986-2005
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Mean Number of Students Currently Enrolled per
Program - Degree Granted by Program
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Total Full-Time Enrollment by Degree
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Trends in Student Enrollment 1986-2005
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Age of Current Enrollees

• Under 20 1.7
• 20 - 29 73.2
• 30 and over 25.1
• Average age
• Full-time 27.2
• Part-time 33.6

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Enrollment by Age and Region
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Trends in Enrollee Age 1986-2005
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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

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

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Trends in Minority Student Enrollment 1986 -
2005
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Academic Profile

• Baccalaureate Degree 76.3
• No academic Degree 12.9
• Masters Degree 5.1
• Associate Degree 4.4
• Doctoral Degree 1.2

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GPA and HCE

• Mean GPA 3.39
• Mean of months of HCE 28.6

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Trends in Health Care Experience of Enrollees
1986-2005
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Recent Graduates(2005)
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Number of Graduates

• 2,758 (80 programs)
• Estimated 4,416 (128 programs)
• Mean per program 34.5
• Female 24.7
• Male 9.8

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Number of Recent Graduates
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Mean Number of Graduates per Region
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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

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Trends in Minority P.A. Graduates 1986-2005
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Employment Characteristics

• As a PA 67.6
• Not as a PA 0.8
• Unemployed 3.8
• Continued with Education 0.3
• Unknown 27.7

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Employment in Primary Care vs. Non- Primary Care

• Primary Care 35.2
• Non-Primary Care 64.8

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Recent Graduate Employment in Primary Care
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Trends in Starting Salary for New Graduates
1996-2005
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Starting Salaries by Region

• Heartland 68,092
• Southeastern 66,641
• Northeastern 66,612
• Midwestern 65,317
• Western 65,983
• Eastern 59,827

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Mean Starting Salary of Graduates per Program
Entry-level Credential Granted by Program
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A Fond Good-Bye

• The End