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PA programs
in Connecticut.

Connecticut’s current ARC-PA roster includes six sponsoring PA programs, including the newly provisional University of New Haven program. Compare the entering cohort, degree location and complete course requirements before deciding which applications fit your plan.

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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What is the cheapest PA school in Connecticut?

Connecticut schools do not all report costs on the same basis. Bridgeport and New Haven publish combined program tuition/fee figures; Sacred Heart publishes a trimester rate; Yale lists separate first-, second- and third-year tuition. The page preserves those differences instead of treating every number as a complete degree price.

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.

Published full-program tuition + fees

ProgramPublished costRate / cohort
University of New Haven$119,366 all studentsAugust 2026 entering cohort / Class of 2028
University of Bridgeport$122,735 all students2026-27

Tables are ordered by resident or flat cost where available. Nonresident amounts are shown alongside. Open a program’s source to confirm the rate for your entering class.

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Match the quote to the cohort

New Haven specifies the August 2026 entering class, and Saint Joseph publishes separate class-year expense sheets. Use the sheet that matches when you would begin.

Count the final academic period

Yale’s published third-year tuition is smaller than the first two years, but it is not zero. A two-year-only estimate would omit part of the program.

Check provisional-program information

New Haven’s current ARC-PA status is Provisional. Review the school’s accreditation information, curriculum and enrollment terms as you would for any newly accredited program.

How many accredited PA sponsors are in Connecticut?

Six sponsors appear on the current ARC-PA roster.

Are the listed prices tuition or total living budgets?

The basis is shown for each entry. Tuition/fee totals exclude living expenses unless explicitly stated; a per-trimester figure is not a full-program total.

What is Connecticut’s cheapest PA school?

No statewide cheapest claim is made. Some costs are complete published quotes, some are current-rate projections, and some still require a full-cohort budget.

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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