Program Outcomes
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| Ìý | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 
| Graduated | 100% | 100% | 100% | 
| Number of Students | 5/5 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 
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| Focus Area | Goal | 
| Admission | Attract and admit high-quality applicants with healthcare experience, excellent academic standards, and related healthcare experience. | 
| ASCP exam scores | Graduates of the Assistant in Pathology program will demonstrate mastery of the knowledge needed for an entry-level pathologists’ assistant. | 
| Program retention rates | At least 90% of each entering class will complete the program and graduate on-time. | 
| Employment rates | 75% of graduates will have permanent employment upon graduation. | 
Admission
Goal: Attract and admit high-quality applicants with healthcare experience and GPA greater than 3.0.
Indicators:
-Ìý Average GPA of entering classes will be 3.0 or greater.
-Ìý Entering students will have at least one shadowing experience in medical/forensic
                  autopsy services, or have shadowing experience in surgical pathology.
Results:
-ÌýÌýAverage GPA for 2025 class is 3.7/4.0
-Ìý Students have at least one work and shadowing experience in autopsy and/or surgical
                  pathology.
ASCP exam scores
Goal: Graduates of the Assistant in Pathology program will demonstrate mastery of the knowledge
                  needed for an entry-level pathologists’ assistants.
Indicators:
-Ìý UT Assistant in Pathology graduates willÌýdemonstrate mastery of the knowledge needed
                  toÌýpass the ASCP Certification exam.Ìý
| Ìý | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 
| Yearly certification pass rate percentage | 100% (5/5) | 100 % (4/4) | Ìý75% (3/4) | 
Program retention
Goal: At least 90% of each entering class will complete the program and graduate on-time.Ìý
Indicator:
-Ìý On-time graduation rate will equal or exceed 90%.
Results:
Graduation Rates for Graduating Class:
| Ìý | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 
| Yearly graduation rate percentage | 100% (5/5) | 100% (4/4) | 100% (4/4) | 
Employment
Goal: 75% of graduates will have permanent employment upon graduation.
Indicator:
-Ìý Responses from the Annual Alumni Survey for the 2015-2023 graduating years will
                  indicate that at least 75% of program graduates secured employment as a pathologists’
                  assistant or closely related field within the first year of graduation.
Results:
-Ìý Within 6 months of graduation, 95% of graduates who graduated from the classes
                  of 2015-2024 had secured employment as a Pathologists’ Assistants or related field
                  positions within the first year after graduation.
| Ìý | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | 
| TotalÌý graduates | 5 | 4 | 4 | 
| Yearly Average Placement Rate Percentage: | 100% (5/5) | 100% (4/4)Ìý | 100% (4/4) |