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PA programs
in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts options extend beyond Boston. The current roster includes nine Massachusetts sponsors, while the MCPHS Worcester location shares the Manchester/Worcester sponsor listed in New Hampshire. This page keeps those sponsor and campus counts distinct.

Program and cost sources checked November 12, 2026.

10Programs / campus listings
3Full-program quotes in cost sort
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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 Massachusetts?

Massachusetts PA tuition pages often publish cohort projections or annual rates. Bay Path’s published program price includes a clinical fee; Westfield’s cohort total includes tuition and fees plus an enrollment fee. Those combined amounts should not be mislabeled as tuition alone or ranked directly against tuition-only figures.

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

ProgramPublished costRate / cohort
Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions$129,000 all students2026-27

Published full-program tuition + fees

ProgramPublished costRate / cohort
Westfield State University$112,600 all studentsJanuary 2026 cohort
Bay Path University$120,300 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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Developing programs: not yet accredited

Applicant status does not establish accreditation or a confirmed enrollment date. Check the official announcements before planning an application.

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Choose Boston or Worcester deliberately

MCPHS Boston and Manchester/Worcester are separate accredited sponsors. Their program lengths and pricing schedules should not be mixed.

Keep graduate and undergraduate costs apart

Springfield publishes graduate PA tuition and a grant limited to qualifying Springfield bachelor-degree graduates. The grant is not deducted from everyone’s comparison price.

Treat developing locations separately

The current applicant list includes Bay Path Cambridge and Endicott. An applicant listing is not accreditation or a guaranteed start date.

How many accredited PA sponsors are in Massachusetts?

The current ARC-PA list has nine Massachusetts sponsors. This page also identifies Worcester as a campus of the Manchester/Worcester sponsor listed in New Hampshire.

Is MCPHS Worcester the same program as MCPHS Boston?

No. Boston has a separate sponsor listing; Manchester and Worcester share another sponsor and an accelerated program.

Which Massachusetts PA school is cheapest?

The evidence does not establish one universal winner. Compare equivalent full-program tuition or combined-fee budgets for the same entry year, and include living and clinical-travel costs.

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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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