Matriculated Student/Attrition 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 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 APPLICANTS
FEMALE 86% 72% 81% 92% 100% 82%
MALE 14% 28% 19% 8% 0% 18%
TOTAL ENROLLED
36 36 36 36 36 1074
AVG GPA
3.68 3.67 3.78 3.74 3.72 3.5
AVG BCP GPA 3.56 3.60 3.72 3.66 3.64 3.32
UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDICINE*
3% 19% 11% 14% 11% 19%
1st GEN COLLEGE
19% 17% 17% 22% 14% 22%

*Underrepresented in Medicine as defined by the Association of American Medical Colleges



Faculty: Student Ratio*

  • Class of 2024-25 mean = 9.6
  • National Mean = 12.3**
  • New England Division mean = 14**

*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



Attrition by Class

GRADUATED CLASSES
 Class of 2021 Class of 2022 Class of 2023
MAXIMUM ENTERING CLASS SIZE
(as approved by ARC-PA)
36 36 36
Entering Class Size
36 36 37
Graduates
36 34 35
ATTRITION RATE* 0% 5.6% 5.4%
GRADUATION RATE** 100% 94.4% 94.6%

Note: One student from the Class of 2022 decelerated to the Class of 2023.

*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.