Graduates of the PA program must pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) to become a certified PA and to obtain a permanent state license. The official National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) PANCE Pass Rate Summary Report will be available HERE.

PAs must be licensed by the state in which they intend to practice before seeing patients.  State laws and regulations for Physician Assistants vary from state to state.  Statutory and regulatory requirements for initial licensure and license renewal for each state can also be found via this link – https://www.aapa.org/download/19739/. As indicated via this site, graduation from an ARC-PA accredited program meets initial licensure requirements for all states (not required currently by Minnesota) and the passing of the PANCE national certification exam is required.  Another resource is https://www.nccpa.net/state-licensing-boards/.

South College-Indianapolis has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA). South College-Indianapolis anticipates matriculating its first class in October of 2027, pending achieving Accreditation-Provisional status at the July 2027 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
South College Indianapolis is committed to transparent communication with applicants and prospective students regarding the program’s accreditation status. If Accreditation – Provisional is not granted during the July 2027 ARC-PA meeting, the program will not matriculate students into the program and deposits will be refunded. In this event, all applicants and waitlisted candidates will be notified within one week of ARC-PA’s decision.  Any additional fees associated with applying to the South College Indianapolis PA Program are the sole responsibility of the student and will not be reimbursed by the College, regardless of Accreditation Status.