We accept 36 students to the program each spring. Our first cohort graduated in 2016, and we continue to graduate cohorts each year. Our program mission focuses on primary care medicine and underserved populations. The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Gardner-Webb University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Gardner-Webb University. Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards.