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PA programs
in Minnesota.

Minnesota PA options include Twin Cities programs, the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth and Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Concordia St. Paul is a newly accredited Provisional program, so review its entering-cohort information carefully.

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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Augsburg University ↗

Minneapolis
Continued
Full-program tuition · estimate
$108,225 all students
Current posted $975 credit rate · Planning estimate

Rate can increase annually. Website yearly table uses 112 credits and totals $109,200, while stated graduation requirement is 111; estimate uses explicit 111-credit requirement. Fees and living extra; confirm master project credits.

111 required credits x $975

Full-program tuition · estimate
$110,000 all students
2026-27 current rate · Planning estimate

Rate-based projection, not a quoted cohort invoice. Official cost page specifies first-year 62 credits at $1,000; curriculum specifies twelve four-credit rotations. Program fees and future increases excluded. The $200,950 headline includes living expenses and is not tuition.

62 didactic credits + 12 clinical rotations x 4 credits = 110 credits; projected at $1,000/credit

Make the numbers comparable

What is the cheapest PA school in Minnesota?

Mayo’s multi-year headline includes living expenses; its first-year tuition is a separate figure. Augsburg’s stated required credits and annual table do not fully agree, so its rate-based projection is marked as an estimate. Compare full-degree costs and add fees and relocation expenses.

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
Concordia University, St. Paul$101,325 all studentsJanuary 2027 entering cohort

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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Planning for PA school in Minnesota

Check the institution name

Bethel Minnesota is different from Bethel Tennessee. Concordia St. Paul is separate from Concordia Ann Arbor. Use campus-specific source links.

Budget for the actual city

A Twin Cities housing plan does not describe a Duluth or Rochester program. Review the instructional location and clinical-phase travel expectations.

Read current accreditation actions

ARC-PA currently lists Bethel Minnesota and St. Catherine on Probation. Review the specific action and the program response before an enrollment decision.

Are Mayo’s published total costs all tuition?

No. Its multi-year headline includes fees, books, exams and estimated living expenses. First-year tuition is also not a full-degree price.

How many accredited PA sponsors are in Minnesota?

The current roster lists six, including the Provisional Concordia St. Paul program. Each accreditation status is shown separately.

Which Minnesota PA program is cheapest?

Use comparable full-degree quotes. Incomplete or inconsistent official amounts are not treated as a verified statewide ranking.

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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