PA Program Accreditation

The Augsburg College PA Graduate Program is fully accredited through 2008 by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). This accreditation status enables students to take the national certifying examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice recognizes graduates of the Augsburg Graduate Program for registration in Minnesota.

Below are the numbers from the NCCPA Board Score Comparison for first-time test takers over the most recent 5 years:

Note that there was no graduating class in 2003 as we transitioned from a Certificate to Master’s Program with the class entering in 2001. 

*One of the highest mean scores in the U.S.