Student Attrition
ARC-PA Student Attrition Template
| Graduated Classes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Class of 2022 | Class of 2023 | Class of 2024 | |
| Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA) |
42 | 42 | 42 |
| Entering class size | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Graduates | 39 | 37 | 40 |
| Attrition rate* | 2.4% | 11.9% | 4.7% |
| Graduation rate** | 97.6% | 88.1% | 95.3% |
*Number of students who attritted from cohort divided by the entering class size
**Number of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size
Supplemental Breakdown of Student Attrition
| CO2019 (N=34) |
CO2020 (N=42) |
CO2021 (N=42) |
CO2022 (N=42) | CO2023 (N=42) | SHU Average (N=202) |
National Average^ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Dismissal | 0% (n=0) | 2.4% (n=1) |
2.4% (n=1) |
7.1 (n=3) | 9.5% (n=4) | 5.3% (n=2) |
4% |
| Non-academic Dismissal (e.g. professionalism) | 0% (n=0) | 2.4% (n=1) |
0% (n=0) | 0% (n=0) | 0% (n=0) | 0% | 2.6% |
| Withdrawal: Medical Reasons | 2.9% (n=1) |
2.4% (n=1) |
0% (n=0) | 0% (n=0) | 0% (n=0) | 0% | 2.6% |
| Withdrawal: Personal Reasons | 0% (n=0) | 2.4% (n=1) |
0% (n=0) | 0% (n=0) | 0% (n=0) | 0% | 3.9% |
| Graduated or Expected to Graduate on Time | 97.1% | 90.5% | 97.6% | 92.9% | 90.5% | 93.7% | 92.9% |
^PA Education Association, By the Numbers: Program Report 36: Data from the 2021 Program Survey, Washington, DC: PAEA; 2023 DOI: 10.17538/PR36.2021