Illinois offers PA training in Chicago, suburban campuses and Carbondale. A Chicago-only search misses options such as North Central in Naperville and Midwestern in Downers Grove. Compare the actual PA campus, accreditation and entering-cohort cost sheet before building your shortlist.
Program and cost sources checked November 12, 2026.
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.
9 programs shown
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.
Chicago rate, not Richmond. Fees, equipment, insurance and living extra. Twelve sessions confirmed in linked health-professions total cost calculator; future session rates may change.
12 sessions x $8,500
Official 24-month cohort tuition total at $1,103 per credit. Direct fees add $3,257; living-inclusive $216,499.10 cost of attendance is not tuition.
27-month projection at current rates. Mandatory fees/disability insurance add $3,517; living and health insurance separate. Illinois campus, not Glendale.
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Latest cost sheet linked by current admissions page: $134,996 direct costs including $5,600 fees. Rates may change annually; do not present as guaranteed January 2027 quote.
23144+71536+34716
Two-year projection at current rates; annual tuition may increase. Fees, insurance, equipment and living separate. PA campus is Chicago, not Evanston.
58947 x 2 years
Sum current year-one/year-two rates. Fees add $3,255; living and health insurance separate. Rates updated annually; later cohort costs may differ.
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Official eight-term tuition estimate. Health insurance, living and travel excluded; $253,091.74 headline is total cost of attendance, not tuition.
First-year resident fall/spring tuition only; nonresident $68,312. Summer is not included in this financial aid sheet, so adding annual columns would understate full-program cost.
Official page is internally inconsistent: headline tuition/fee total $232,642 conflicts with seven-semester direct-cost rows totaling $160,405. Retain $22,790 semester tuition only pending clarification; $125 term fees extra. Do not rank conflicting headline as verified total.
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Illinois prices need careful normalization. Southern Illinois publishes a fall/spring financial-aid budget, while Touro publishes conflicting total-cost figures. Neither is treated as a verified full-program price. A low annual figure does not establish the cheapest Illinois PA school until all summer terms and mandatory fees are included.
| Program | Published cost | Rate / cohort |
|---|---|---|
| Dominican University | $116,918 all students | January 2027 entering |
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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Explore the Dashboard →Applicant status does not establish accreditation or a confirmed enrollment date. Check the official announcements before planning an application.
Northwestern and Rush train PA students in Chicago; Rosalind Franklin is in North Chicago and Touro Illinois is in Skokie. Use the program location for commute and housing planning.
Dominican identifies a January 2027 cohort price. North Central currently links a January 2026 estimate. Those dates matter when comparing offers.
The Chicago School, National Louis and Roosevelt appear on the ARC-PA applicant list. Applicant status does not guarantee accreditation or a start date.
Compare full-program tuition and required fees for your residency and entering class. Annual budgets and unresolved totals are excluded from direct price comparisons.
No. Rosalind Franklin identifies North Chicago, while Northwestern and Rush are in Chicago. Check the actual campus before estimating housing.
Applicant status is not accreditation. Developing programs are separated from the accredited sponsor roster.
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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