Physician Assistant Studies Tuition and Expenses

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PA Program Tuition and Fees

In addition to USA tuition and fees, students in the USA Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program can expect expenses associated with textbooks, food and lodging. Students will also be required to purchase uniforms, laboratory coats, stethoscopes, otoscopes, ophthalmoscopes, sphygmomanometers and blood pressure cuffs, soft reflex hammers, and tuning forks.
Also, students in the USA Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program should anticipate extra costs, particularly related to housing, transportation, living expenses and the patient logging system (Typhon) during the clinical year. Financial Aid may not cover these expenses. See estimated costs below.

The University reserves the right to change tuition and fees, as deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees, without prior notice. See the latest University Bulletin for tuition and fees.

For payment and refund policies, visit Student Accounting.

 

Physician Assistant Studies 
PA Program Tuition and Fees 
(estimated and based on 2023-2024 tuition and 
fee schedule-subject to change)


  Summer
 Fall
 Spring
Summer
Fall
 Spring
 Summer
 TOTALS
  DIDACTIC/PRECLINICAL YEAR CLINICAL YEAR  
Tuition/Credit Hours 17 19 19 18 16 16 16 121
In-State Tuition
($505/sem. hr.)
$8,585 $9,595 $9,595 $9,090 $8,080 $8,080 $8,080 $61,105
Out of State Tuition
($1,176/sem. hr.)
$19,992 $22,344 $22,344 $21,168 $18,816 $18,816 $18,816 $142,296
Departmental and University Fees
Resource Fee $169 $169 $169 $169 $169 $169 $169 $1,183
Academic Infrastructure
& Tech Fee
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $700
Biomedical Library Fee $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $70
Program Fee
(Kaplan & Packrats)
$563 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $563
Healthstream Program Fee $16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $16
Anatomy Fee
PA 511
$275 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $275
General Lab Fee
PA 510
$100 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $100
Background Check/
Urine Drug Screen*
$83 ---- ---- $83 ---- ---- ---- $166
Professional Liability
Coverage
---- $12 $12 $1 $12 $12 $1 $50
Course Fees
PA 516/526/536
---- $35 $35 $35 ---- ---- ---- $105
BLS/ACLS Fee
PA 540
---- ---- ---- $120 ---- ---- ---- $120
Clinical Program Fee
(EORs & Exxat)
---- ---- ---- ---- $188 $158 $167 $513
Exxat:
Patient Tracking*
---- ---- ---- ---- $80 ---- ---- $80
Graduation
Application Fee
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $65 $65
Total Estimated Fees $1,316 $326 $326 $518 $559 $449 $512 $4,006
Total
In-State Tuition & Fees
$9,901 $9,921 $9,921 $9,608 $8,639 $8,529 $8,592 $65,111
Total
Out of State Tuition & Fees
$21,308 $22,670 $22,670 $21,686 $19,375 $19,265 $19,328 $146,302
Estimated Additional Student Expenses*
Books $810 $810 $810 $810 $810 $810 $810 $5,670
Medical Equipment & Laptop $2,680 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $2,680
Health Insurance
(single)**
$840 $1,681 $1,681 ---- $1,681 $1,681 ---- $7,564
Scrubs $30 ---- ---- ---- $60 ---- ---- $90
Lab Coats ---- $40 ---- ---- $40 ---- ---- $80
Photo for
Class Composite
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $25 ---- $25
Convocation Cap
& Gown
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- $108 $108
Housing & Meals*** $2,458 $5,531 $5,531 $2,458 $5,531 $5,531 $2,458 $29,498
Travel*** $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $2,800
Total Estimated
Additional Student
Expenses
$7,218 $8,462 $8,422 $3,668 $8,522 $8,447 $3,776 $48,515
TOTAL Estimated
In-State Tuition,
Fees, Expenses
$17,119 $18,383 $18,343 $13,276 $17,161 $16,976 $12,368 $113,626
TOTAL Estimated
Out-of-State Tuition,
Fees, Expenses
$28,526 $31,132 $31,092 $25,354 $27,897 $27,712 $23,104 $194,817

Tuition, Fees and Expenses presented are estimated based on 2023-2024 tuition, fee and expense schedule and are subject to change.

*Student pays directly, not billed by USA.
**Based on current rates for USA Student Health Insurance and subject to change.
***Estimations provided by the Office of Financial Aid.

Clinical Year expenses for the USA PA program may include:

  • Miscellaneous application fees (vary per clinical site)
  • Travel and Housing expenses are subject to change depending on the clinical rotation site distance from campus.
  • Travel to and from clinical site, some travel expenses may be supplemented by Area Health Education Consortium (AHEC)
  • Housing (some housing may be made available via AHEC)


Revised: 1/12/24

Printable version of Tuition/Expenses

 

Establishing Residency

Those who live Alabama and in specific counties in Mississippi and Florida are automatically considered residents.  These counties, defined as Service Areas, include:

  • Mississippi:  George, Greene, Harrison, Jackson, Perry and Stone
  • Florida:  Escambia and Santa Rosa

Additional documents may be required by the Office of the Registrar to verify residency regardless of state or county of residence.  If you have residency questions or wish to establish residency please contact the Office of the Registrar.

Financial Aid

For Financial Aid and Scholarship information for the USA PA program, please see Scholarships and Financial Aid webpage.