Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination Exam Performance Summary Report

Program Name: Duke University Medical Center

Program Number: 1010

Test Taker Status: All Test Takers

Definitions of the report headings are provided at the end of the report.
All information is current as of the date the report was generated unless otherwise specified.

Report generated: 1/14/2025

Class of 2020

Group	Number of Candidates Who Took PANCE	Number of Exam Attempts	Number of Exams Passed	Program Exam Pass Rates	National Exam Pass Rate for the Class Graduation Year	% of Candidates Who Ultimately Passed PANCE
All Takers	89	95	89	94	93%	100%
First Time Takers	89	89	85	96	95%	100%

Class of 2021

Group	Number of Candidates Who Took PANCE	Number of Exam Attempts	Number of Exams Passed	Program Exam Pass Rates	National Exam Pass Rate for the Class Graduation Year	% of Candidates Who Ultimately Passed PANCE
All Takers	89	93	88	95	91%	99%
First Time Takers	89	89	86	97	93%	99%

Class of 2022

Group	Number of Candidates Who Took PANCE	Number of Exam Attempts	Number of Exams Passed	Program Exam Pass Rates	National Exam Pass Rate for the Class Graduation Year	% of Candidates Who Ultimately Passed PANCE
All Takers	90	105	90	86	89%	100%
First Time Takers	90	90	80	89	92%	100%

Class of 2023

Group	Number of Candidates Who Took PANCE	Number of Exam Attempts	Number of Exams Passed	Program Exam Pass Rates	National Exam Pass Rate for the Class Graduation Year	% of Candidates Who Ultimately Passed PANCE
All Takers	90	104	89	86	89%	99%
First Time Takers	90	90	79	88	95%	99%

Class of 2024

Group	Number of Candidates Who Took PANCE	Number of Exam Attempts	Number of Exams Passed	Program Exam Pass Rates	National Exam Pass Rate for the Class Graduation Year	% of Candidates Who Ultimately Passed PANCE
All Takers	89	91	86	95	89%	97%
First Time Takers	89	89	85	84	92%	97%

Definitions of Report Headings

Report Heading	Definitions
Class	Class nomenclature and the individuals included in each class are determined by PA programs when assigning students to a particular class.
Class Graduation Year	Graduation year for the majority of the individuals in the specific class based on the confirmed graduation date provided by the PA program.
Group	All takers include first time takers as well as those individuals in the class who repeated the exam one or more times. First time takers are those candidates who took PANCE for the first time.
Number of Candidates Who Took PANCE	Number of individuals from the class who have taken PANCE. Fist time takers are included in the all takers group
Number of Exam Attempts	Total number of exams administered, including multiple exam attempts for an individual candidate in the all takers group. (This is a count of exams administered, not a count of individual candidates.)
Number of Exams Passed	Number of exams administered that resulted in a passing score.
Program Exam Pass Rate	Percent of exams that were passed as compared to the number of exams that were administered to the class, including multiple exams taken by individual candidates.
National Exam Pass Rate for the Class Graduation Year	Percent of exams that were passed at the national level as compared to the number of exams that were administered. The calculation is based on the total number ofexams administered and passed, not the number of individual candidates. The reporting period is based on the calendar year corresponding with the class graduation year and will only be provided after the end of the current calendar year.
% of Candidates in the Class Who Ultimately Passed PANCE	Percent of candidates from the specified class that have passed PANCE as of the date the report was generated, regardless of the number of attempts or the calendar year in which PANCE was passed.