NCCPA · Timing rule
When do PANCE results come out?
NCCPA does not publish PANCE release dates. It emails you when your results are posted to your online record, approximately two weeks after your exam date.
- Results timing
- About two weeks after the exam
- Notice
- Email from NCCPA
- Score scale
- 200 to 800
- Passing standard
- 350
How PANCE results are released
- NCCPA emails you when your results are posted to your online record, approximately two weeks after your exam date.
- PANCE is scored on a 200 to 800 scale, and the passing standard is 350. Scale scores adjust for small differences in difficulty between exam forms.
- After passing, PAs are issued NCCPA board certification and can use the PA-C credential while their certification is current.
- You may take PANCE once in any 90-day period, or three times in a calendar year.
Common questions
How long do PANCE results take?
NCCPA says results are posted to your online record approximately two weeks after your exam date, and it emails you when they are.
What is a passing PANCE score?
The passing standard is 350 on a scale of 200 to 800, set by NCCPA using the modified Angoff method.
PANCE guides
- MCAT, USMLE, COMLEX, NCLEX and PANCEPANCE results: the two week wait, the score scale and PA-CNCCPA posts PANCE results about two weeks after the exam. The scale runs 200 to 800, and 350 passes.Read the guide
- Score release basicsWhat time are exam scores released? Official times by examLSAT at 9 a.m. ET, MCAT by 5 p.m. ET and COMLEX by 5 p.m. Central. Most other exams publish no time at all, and that changes how you wait.Read the guide