Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) Exam Performance Summary Report

Program Name: Stony Brook University

Program Number: 1028

Test Taker Status: All Test Takers

Updated: June 1, 2026

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.

PANCE Exam Performance Summary Report
Program / Class	Group	Number of Candidates Who Took PANCE	Number of Exam Attempts	Number of Exams Passed	Program Exam Pass Rate	National Exam Pass Rate for the Class Graduation Year	% of Candidates Who Ultimately Passed PANCE
Class Graduation Year 2021
Health Sciences Center	All Takers	43	48	43	90%	91%	100%
Health Sciences Center	First Time Takers	43	43	38	88%	93%	100%
Southampton	All Takers	24	26	24	92%	91%	100%
Southampton	First Time Takers	24	24	22	92%	93%	100%
Class Graduation Year 2022
Health Sciences Center	All Takers	41	43	41	95%	89%	100%
Health Sciences Center	First Time Takers	41	41	39	95%	92%	100%
Southampton	All Takers	22	23	22	96%	89%	100%
Southampton	First Time Takers	22	22	21	95%	92%	100%
Class Graduation Year 2023
Health Sciences Center	All Takers	40	40	40	100%	89%	100%
Health Sciences Center	First Time Takers	40	40	40	100%	92%	100%
Southampton	All Takers	22	22	22	100%	89%	100%
Southampton	First Time Takers	22	22	22	100%	92%	100%
Class Graduation Year 2024
Health Sciences Center	All Takers	42	43	42	98%	89%	100%
Health Sciences Center	First Time Takers	42	42	41	98%	92%	100%
Southampton	All Takers	24	30	24	80%	89%	100%
Southampton	First Time Takers	24	24	21	88%	92%	100%
Class Graduation Year 2025
Southampton	All Takers	23	24	23	96%	88%	100%
Southampton	First Time Takers	23	23	22	96%	91%	100%
Health Sciences Center	All Takers	44	47	43	91%	88%	98%
Health Sciences Center	First Time Takers	44	44	41	93%	91%	98%

Definitions of Report Headings

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. First 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 of exams 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 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.