Table 1 Top PA program diversity performers based on both number and proportion of URM/non-white graduates per US Census Division from 214–2018 (n = 61)^c

1 New England

^aMA College of Pharmacy and HS^b

University of Bridgeport

Quinnipiac University

Springfield College

Bay Path University

Franklin Pierce University

2 Middle Atlantic

CUNY-City College

SUNY Downstate HS^b University

CUNY-York College

Touro College

St. John’s University New York

Pace University

Drexel University

3 East North Central

Northwestern University

University of Toledo

Midwestern University Downers Grove

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine

University of Detroit Mercy

4 West North Central

University of Nebraska Medical Center

University of North Dakota

Wichita State University

Missouri State University-Springfield

Union College

University Iowa

Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medicine

5 South Atlantic

Miami Dale College

Nova Southeastern University

South University- Tampa

Keiser University-Ft. Lauderdale

Emory University

Anne Arundel Community College

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Barry University

Duke University

6 East South Central

Bethel University (Tennessee)

Mississippi College

Lincoln MemorialUniversity

University of Alabama at Birmingham

South College

University of South Alabama

7 West South Central

University of Texas South-western Medical Center

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

University of Texas HS^b at San Antonio

Texas Tech University HS^b Center

Louisiana State University HS^b Center—Shreveport

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

University of Texas Medical Branch

University of North Texas HS^b Center

University of Oklahoma HS^b Center

8 Mountain

AT Still University of HS^b

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

Northern Arizona University

Touro University Nevada

University of Utah

Midwestern University-Glendale

9 Pacific

University of Southern California

Loma Linda University

Western University of HS^b

Samuel Merritt University

University of Washington Seattle Campus

Touro University California