LadyNichiavelli Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 49 minutes ago, place123 said: $55k is one year of tuition or total? I went through about 100 schools and didnt see any that would total $55k. I know UTSW's total COA (including tuition for the entire 30 months, fees, and books) is <$37,000 total for TX residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenjjetnis Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 2014-2016. Total Tuition cost: $62K for 24 months at a private school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 I graduated in 2010. My program was one of the "cheaper" ones. Total It cost us 60k for school, supplies and some living expenses. This was for my graduate certificate and my post grad masters. I borrowed 48k and my wife and I killed our savings (what little we had) for the rest. I'm scheduled to be all paid up by 2020 but whenever I got my notices, they didn't seem to budge at least the first 5 years of repayment due to the "interest up front" model the bank uses. The past 2 years though I have seen it gone down significantly and I have called the bank to confirm that in fact by January 28th 2020 I will be school debt free! Yay! [emoji16] Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 166k... I'm typically a very frugal person. I cook at home, make my own coffee, live in an affordable place much below area average, dont go spend alot, and have no other debt than PA school. Program: Private school (applied to public and private ranging from super affordable to two that were even more expensive than the one i ended up attending. It just happened that i was accepted only to the more expensive ones, my chosen one being the cheaper of those 3. Didnt want to decline and wait a year to re compete for a spot) Length: 30 months. (7 semesters) Tuition per semester: about 15,000 Add on more for fees/lab costs/books/materials/etc. Few thousands. Living expenses: 1500 to 1600ish per month all inclusive. Total loan amt taken out for school (including about 10,000k in interest): 166k Grad date: December 2017. Plan: Payoff on standard repayment and put extra against it each month while also setting aside a bit for retirement and then down payment if able. Renting cheap for 500/month incl. utilities. Job will allow me to moonlight prn. Best of luck. Keep your personal costs low. Go to the least expensive school that you feel is adequate in their training. Treat yourself when your loans are paid off not when you graduate. (Fellow program student has 200k debt and his grad gift to himself was more debt, a 45k SUV. Don' be that guy.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted December 2, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2017 graduated 1996. total program cost 30k. undergrad at university of CA in state, total 20k. paramedic school 1 yr cert program $1200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SERENITY NOW Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 35k for the whole program - graduated in 2015 - instate tuition for state school in the midwest I remember this PA website did a lot of legwork comparing the tuition costs for every program at the time... check it out https://www.thepalife.com/2015-physician-assistant-program-tuition-and-cost-comparison-table/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAdamsPAC Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 $7,000.00 MEDEX/NW paid for by Voc Rehab 85-87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsman89 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 89,000. Graduate in 2019. Luckily my tuition is paid for by Voc-Rehab. I am VERY thankful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMEDIC Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 $0. Thank you Army and IPAP! In fact, I was paid around $54k a year while in school and came out of school with savings. Just gotta do the 1 weekend a month thing for 6 years. Not a bad tradeoff. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 About $10-15K as I recall, and this included housing. Tuition around this time used to be about $6/credit hour. Lived at home the first year after graduation so I was debt free after one year. 1981-83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyPA Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Interservice PA Program 2014, Ft. Sam...$0 tuition, will be paid off with 4.5 years of service to the US Army in Dec 2018 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiovolffemtp Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Kettering 2011-2013, ~$70,000 tuition. Can't recall living expenses, but rented cheap apt ~$525/mo including utilities & internet during academic year. Kept house & returned to it during clinical rotations. Fortunate that housing was provided during away rotations. Worked 1 24 hour shift/month at FD for minimal income. Paid tuition with credit card to get 1% cash back. Essentially paid for program & living expenses with savings. Cooked & packed lunches. Lived cheap. No debt on graduation. Went back to work @ FD until got 1st job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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