February 2020 | Alderson Broaddus University

VEX IQ Challenge Draws Tech-Savvy Students to AB for Robotics Competition

Posted on February 22, 2020March 22, 2020 by ab

Twenty-three teams of elementary- and middle-school students from Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Monongalia, and Nicholas counties competed in the VEX IQ Challenge robotics competition qualifier on Saturday, February 22 at Alderson Broaddus University. Presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, the VEX IQ Challenge provides elementary and middle school students […]

AB Professor Named Topic Editor of Academic Journal

Posted on February 20, 2020February 17, 2020 by ab

Alderson Broaddus University’s Dr. Yi Charlie Chen, professor of biology in the College of Health, Science, Technology & Mathematics, has been named topic editor of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) open-access journal Cancers. An international, peer-reviewed open access journal, Cancers aims to encourage scientists to publish papers, reviews, editorials, […]

Alderson Broaddus Physician Assistant Graduates Achieve 100% Certification Pass Rate

Posted on February 18, 2020June 2, 2020 by ab

Alderson Broaddus University is proud to announce that the twenty-eight members from the Class of 2019 physician assistant studies program achieved a 100 percent overall pass rate on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE). The Alderson Broaddus University PA program pass rate of 96 percent for first-time takers of […]

AB Alumna Inks Major Book Deal

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by ab

What’s So Special About Today?, Ollie and the Egg-Splosion, The Untold Story of the Three Little Pigs, Four Bears in a Box, and Beasley & the Big Guy in Red, all have one thing in common, 2012 Alderson Broaddus University alumna and illustrator Ashley Belote. As a part of the […]

Chen Named Finalist for Professor of the Year

Posted on February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 by ab

Dr. Yi Charlie Chen, a professor of biology at Alderson Broaddus University’s College of Health, Science, Technology & Mathematics, is one of five finalists for the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia Professor of the Year award. “We are thrilled and not at all surprised that Dr. Charlie Chen has […]

	Class of 2018	Class of 2019	Class of 2020
Maximum entering class size (as approved by ARC-PA)	36	36	36
Entering class size	36	36	36
Graduates	34	28	34
* Attrition rate	5.5%	22.2%	5.5%
**Graduation rate	94.4%	77.7%	94.4%
Attrition rate calculation: Number of students who attritted from cohort divided by the entering class size. *Graduation rate: Number of cohort graduates divided by the entering class size.

	DIDACTIC PHASE				CLINICAL PHASE			YEARLY TOTALS
	Year 1 Summer	Year 1 Fall	Year 1 Spring	Year 2 Summer	Year 2 Fall	Year 2 Spring	Year 3 Summer	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Total
Tuition	$14,500	$14,500	$14,500	$14,500	$14,500	$14,500	$14,500	$43,500	$43,500	$14,500	$101,500
Fees	$100	$100	$100	$100	$100	$100	$225	$300	$300	$225	$825
Books	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$0	$0	$0	$3,000	$1,000	$0	$4,000
Supplies	$0	$0	$0	$500	$0	$0	$500	$0	$500	$500	$1,000
Other Supplies	$0	$0	$0	$0	$800	$0	$0	$0	$800	$0	$800
Room	$4,050	$4,050	$4,050	$4,050	$4,775	$4,775	$4,775	$12,150	$14,325	$4,775	$31,250
Board	$2,100	$2,100	$2,100	$2,500	$2,500	$2,500	$2,500	$6,300	$7,500	$2,500	$16,300
Transportation	$855	$855	$855	$2,133	$2,133	$2,133	$2,133	$2,565	$6,399	$2,133	$11,097
Personal Expenses	$2,509	$2,509	$2,509	$2,509	$2,509	$2,509	$2,509	$7,527	$7,527	$2,509	$17,563
Certification Exam	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$425	$0	$0	$425	$425
Loan Fees	$68	$68	$68	$68	$68	$68	$68	$204	$204	$68	$476
Health Insurance	$2,441	$2,441	$2,441	$2,441	$2,441	$2,441	$2,441	$7,323	$7,323	$2,441	$17,087
TOTAL								$82,869	$89,378	$30,076	$202,323