Estimated full-program tuition
$106,720 all students
2026–2027 · Planning estimate
116 credits at $920 total $106,720 tuition. The university lists $121,000 including fees; living costs are additional.
The state guide · AL
PA programs
in Alabama.
Alabama offers PA programs in Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile. Begin with the campus location and your residency classification, then compare the entire degree budget. A lower first-semester bill is not necessarily a lower program price.
Program and cost sources checked November 12, 2026.
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Program locations and accreditation are checked against official sources. Prices retain their published scope and year; estimates and incomplete totals are identified instead of silently filling gaps.
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Verified totals matching your selected cost basis come first. Other prices and estimates remain below, alphabetically. Rate years can differ; this is not a ranking of total attendance cost.
Per-term rate; full total needs confirmation
$14,079 per term
2026–2027 estimate · Full total needs confirmation
The program cost sheet projects $14,079 tuition per semester, excluding program and university fees. It labels future figures as estimates; obtain the entering-cohort full total before comparing.
Estimated full-program tuition
$74,290 resident
$183,540 nonresident
$183,540 nonresident
Current posted PDF; year not stated · Planning estimate
The current program PDF lists 115 credits at $646 resident or $1,596 nonresident. Fees and living expenses are separate, and the university says actual tuition can change.
Full-program tuition needs reconfirmation
$62,920 resident
2026–2027 estimate, revised July 8, 2026 · Full total needs confirmation
Resident tuition is 121 credits × $520 = $62,920. The nonresident table is inconsistent: 121 × $1,206 = $145,926, but the printed total is $145,296. Confirm nonresident tuition directly; fees and living costs are additional.
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What is the cheapest PA school in Alabama?
The public-program resident and nonresident gap can be substantial. UAB publishes a credit-based projection, while South Alabama's current table contains a nonresident arithmetic discrepancy. We flag that discrepancy instead of placing an unreliable number in a cheapest-school ranking.
These are verified published cost entries, not a definitive statewide cheapest-school ranking. Coverage, rate years and included charges vary. Fees, housing, insurance and clinical travel can change the final comparison.
No current full-program quote meets the comparison criteria above. Review each card’s rate year, estimate or missing information before comparing costs.
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- South University-Montgomery · Applicant - not accredited
Planning for PA school in Alabama
Start with the right city
Samford and UAB are in Birmingham; Faulkner is in Montgomery; South Alabama is in Mobile. Compare housing and clinical travel needs for the campus you would actually attend.
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Request tuition, required fees and the number of billed terms together. Samford's available schedule is a per-term quote, so it should not be compared directly with a full-program figure.
What is the cheapest PA school in Alabama?
There is no reliable single answer without your residency and entry year. Compare like-for-like full-program totals, and confirm South Alabama's nonresident total before relying on it.
Is South University's Montgomery PA program accredited?
It appears on ARC-PA's applicant list rather than the currently accredited roster. An applicant listing is not accreditation or a guaranteed opening date.
Sources you can check
Accreditation and state placement use the current ARC-PA roster, with program sites for campus details. Each cost card links to its university source. “Verified” means the displayed amount and scope were located in an official source on the review date; it does not mean the rate applies to every future entering class.
Tuition-only and tuition-plus-fees totals stay separate. Annual and per-term figures are not treated as full-program totals. Calculated estimates are labelled and excluded from full-program sorts. “Not verified” means a reliable comparable amount was not established, not that a program is free.
Continued, Provisional and Probation are accreditation statuses; applicant programs are not yet accredited. “F” identifies a focused visit. Program-specific cost and accreditation details here reflect this state review; the national directory and paid comparison dataset retain their separately dated snapshots.
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