Please help me choose between two

Program 1 Start date: January 2026 Tuition: 95k + living. Rural city
PANCE: 98% average pass rate in the last 5 years Attrition: 2022 10%, 2023 3%, 2024 27% Accreditation: continued since 2013 Length: 28 months (14m didactic, 14m clinical utilizing the city’s only hospital system) Class size: 33 students Rotations: 8 total with 1 elective.

Program 2 Start date: January 2026 Tuition: 119k + living. Mid sized city PANCE: brand new program inaugural class Accreditation: provisional Length: 24 months (12m didactic, 12m clinical) Class size: 49 students Rotations: 7 sites with 2 electives

It’s worth noting that the program director for program 2 also founded a different PA program and their c/o 2023 and 2024 had an ultimate PANCE pass rate of 96% and 97%, and attrition rate of 6.7% and 10%, respectively. The program director is also a member of the ARC PA and will take on the role of vice president or something along that line next month for ARC PA.

Although I don’t see myself at program 1 due to undesirable location, the tuition and LCL seems very inviting.