{"id":1764,"date":"2024-04-15T21:11:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/?page_id=1764"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:02:11","slug":"attrition-rates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/attrition-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UMES Physician Assistant Department \u2013 Student Graduation and Attrition Rate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/05\/Grad-Rate-2026-05202026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/05\/Grad-Rate-2026-05202026.jpg 569w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/05\/Grad-Rate-2026-05202026-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chart above reflects the current attrition and graduation data for the UMES PA Program. The attrition and graduation chart will be updated annually as required by the ARC-PA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entering class size: Number of students <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">newly enrolled<\/span> for the admission cycle <strong>PLUS <\/strong>number of students who are reentering from a different cohort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Attrition rate calculation:&nbsp;Number of students who attrited from the cohort (decelerated + withdrawals + dismissals) divided by the (entering class size + number joining the class cohort).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">**Graduation rate calculation:&nbsp; Number of cohort graduates divided by the (entering class size + number joining the class cohort).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: The attrition calculation for this table does not reflect the ARC-PA definition of attrition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMES Physician Assistant Department \u2013 Student Graduation and Attrition Rate The chart above reflects the current attrition and graduation data for the UMES PA Program. The attrition and graduation chart will be updated annually as required by the ARC-PA. Entering class size: Number of students newly enrolled for the admission cycle PLUS number of students&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/attrition-rates\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Graduation Rates<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1764","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}