The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Utah Valley University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Utah Valley University. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards.
Accreditation remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the standards.
The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at http://www.arc-pa.org/accreditation-history-ut-valley-u/
Utah Valley University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
| Graduated Classes | Class of 2026 | Class of 2027 | Class of 2028 |
| Maximum entering class | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Entering class size | 30 | 31 | 30 |
| Graduates | 28 | TBD | TBD |
| *Attrition rate | 6.7% | 6.5% | 3.3% |
| **Graduation Rate | 93% | TBD |
TBD |
*Attrition rate cacluation: 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
The Utah Valley University Physician Assistant Program will publish first time Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) rates for the five most recent graduating classes as provided by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Click this link to see our most recent scores: UVU NCCPA PANCE Pass Rate
