Table 2 Demographic characteristics of physician assistant applicants for the selected CASPA cycle years by matriculation status [mean (SD) or count (%)]
From: PA applicant U.S. citizenship status and likelihood of program matriculation
Non-matriculated | Matriculated | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | |
13543 (68.67) | 15189 (67.40) | 17979 (67.32) | 16608 (61.98) | 21798 (72.36) | 6180 (31.33) | 7348 (32.60) | 8729 (32.68) | 10187 (38.02) | 8325 (27.64) | |
Age at app submission | ||||||||||
Mean (SD) | 26.64 (6.62) | 26.47 (6.37) | 26.40 (6.05) | 26.42 (5.93) | 26.15 (5.90) | 25.31 (5.46) | 25.02 (5.06) | 24.85 (4.88) | 24.56 (4.39) | 24.42 (4.22) |
Median | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Sex | ||||||||||
Female | 9594 (70.84) | 10759 (70.83) | 12756 (70.95) | 11884 (71.56) | 16215 (74.39) | 4474 (72.39) | 5322 (72.43) | 6411 (73.44) | 7617 (74.77) | 6430 (77.24) |
Male | 3924 (28.97) | 4386 (28.88) | 5219 (29.03) | 4700 (28.30) | 5552 (25.47) | 1699 (27.49) | 2018 (27.46) | 2317 (26.54) | 2565 (25.18) | 1885 (22.64) |
Declined to state | 25 (0.18) | 25 (0.16) | 4 (0.02) | 24 (0.14) | 31 (0.14) | 7 (0.11) | 6 (0.08) | 1 (0.01) | 5 (0.05) | 10 (0.12) |
Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||
NL White | 8419 (62.16) | 9303 (61.25) | 10041 (55.85) | 9355 (56.33) | 12205 (55.99) | 4656 (75.34) | 5342 (72.70) | 5869 (67.24) | 6995 (68.67) | 5692 (68.37) |
Black/African American | 1244 (9.19) | 1335 (8.79) | 1600 (8.90) | 1839 (11.07) | 2454 (11.26) | 222 (3.59) | 286 (3.89) | 355 (4.07) | 447 (4.39) | 434 (5.21) |
Hispanic | 1244 (9.19) | 1527 (10.05) | 1919 (10.67) | 2077 (12.51) | 3002 (13.77) | 433 (7.01) | 558 (7.59) | 778 (8.91) | 960 (9.42) | 849 (10.20) |
Asian | 1435 (10.60) | 1620 (10.67) | 1904 (10.59) | 1821 (10.96) | 2558 (11.74) | 434 (7.02) | 602 (8.19) | 719 (8.24) | 985 (9.67) | 854 (10.26) |
American Indian/Pacific Islander | 748 (5.52) | 797 (5.25) | 1023 (5.69) | 915 (5.51) | 1094 (5.02) | 219 (3.54) | 260 (3.54) | 314 (3.60) | 433 (4.25) | 336 (4.04) |
Citizenship status | ||||||||||
US citizen | 12809 (94.58) | 14492 (95.41) | 17208 (95.71) | 15907 (95.78) | 20970 (96.20) | 6011 (97.27) | 7155 (97.37) | 8505 (97.43) | 9953 (97.70) | 8144 (97.83) |
Not US citizen | 726 (5.36) | 679 (4.47) | 771 (4.29) | 701 (4.22) | 828 (3.80) | 167 (2.70) | 191 (2.60) | 224 (2.57) | 234 (2.30) | 181 (2.17) |
• ESL/Yes | 323 (44.49) | 313 (46.10) | 281 (36.45) | 289 (41.23) | 361 (43.60) | 78 (46.71) | 88 (46.07) | 85 (37.95) | 102 (43.59) | 73 (40.33) |
• ESL/No | 403 (55.51) | 366 (53.90) | 490 (63.55) | 412 (58.77) | 467 (56.40) | 89 (53.29) | 103 (53.93) | 139 (62.05) | 132 (56.41) | 108 (59.67) |