Cohort Begins Fall | Credits 125 | 27 months | In-person, full time
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Cost and Financial Aid
Graduate school is an investment in your physician assistant career. Palm Beach Atlantic University strives to be transparent by displaying all of the estimated financial costs for your time as a student. You can plan now and feel fully prepared to begin your studies at PBA.
If you have any questions about financial aid, contact the financial assistance team at the PBA Financial Aid Site or Veteran Information.
Class of 2026 (A3.12f) |
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Costs for Cohort Beginning Fall 2024 |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Direct Costs |
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| Tuition
*NOTE Tuition: $95,000 with a 10% discount to the first cohort, $85,500 |
$38,000 | $38,000 | $9,500 |
| Acceptance fee –
Will be applied toward tuition. |
$500
*2 weeks after acceptance $500 *2 weeks after accreditation received |
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| Graduate Student Technology Fee | $300 | ||
| Lab Fee | $100 | ||
| Background Check – Certiphi | $125 | ||
Total Tuition and Fees |
$86,025.00 |
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Student Responsibilities |
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| Laptop (required)
Costs are estimates |
$1,100 | ||
| Medical Equipment (required)
Costs are estimates |
$1,100 | ||
| Health Insurance (required)
Costs are estimates |
$4,984 | $4,984 | $4,984 |
| Certiphi – Drug Test | $29 | ||
| Certiphi – Background check | $20 | $20 | |
| Certiphi – Fingerprint Check (may be required for clinical rotations) | $44.25 | ||
| Printed Textbooks
(optional) Costs are estimates |
$1,560 | ||
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BodyViz Subscription
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$100 | ||
Personal expenses estimate (allotted for Financial Aid) |
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| Room and Board | $23,653 | $23,653 | $23,653 |
| Transportation | $4,368 | $4,368 | $4,368 |
| Food | $5,760 | $5,760 | $5,760 |
| Miscellaneous | $4,158 | $4,158 | $4,158 |
Information coming soon
Refund Schedule for PA Graduate Students (A1.02k)
*NOTE: The following refund schedules apply only if the student withdraws from all courses.
Withdrawal requests must be submitted to the Academic Support Office. In the case of a request for a medical withdrawal, please be sure all proper paperwork is filed with Health and Wellness and the Academic Support Office. Please refer to the published academic calendar for each term’s census date and sub-term start and end dates. The following refund schedule is based on the student’s last date of attendance (LDA), which the Registrar’s Office determines upon completion of the withdrawal process.
Graduate Courses:
| Last Date of Attendance | Tuition Refund |
| On or Before the Census Date | Full Tuition and Fees |
| One Week after the Census Date | 75% of Tuition only- fees not refundable |
| Two Weeks after the Census Date | 50% of Tuition only – fees not refundable |
| Three Weeks after the Census Data | 25% of Tuition only – Fees not refundable |
| Greater than Three Weeks after the Census Date | No Refund |
*NOTE: For PA Medicine students, please get in touch with the PA Medicine Program for questions about the beginning and end of each semester. The withdrawal deadlines listed above apply per semester even if the student is not assigned an actual rotation during the first week of the rotation block.
For more information, see the Withdrawal: Refund Schedule for PBA Graduate & Pharmacy Students section in the PBA Graduate Catalogue.
Student Bills, Refunds of Tuition and Fees FAQ (A1.02k)
You will pay your bill on your NelNet Campus Commerce account. All one-time or monthly payments will be made here.
Yes! PBA has partnered with NelNet Campus Commerce to offer up to 5-month payment plans. You may enroll in the payment plan of your choice on your NelNet Campus Commerce account. You will need PBA network credentials to access your account. If you have additional questions you may contact the Student Accounts Office at 561-803-2152 or emailing Student_Accounts@pba.edu
Withdrawal Refund Schedule for Tuition:
*NOTE: The student’s last date of attendance (LDA) will be determined by the Registrar’s office based on the latest date of attendance as reported by the student’s professors. Please note that these refund amounts only apply to students who complete a withdrawal from the university. Failure to officially withdraw will result in the total cost of tuition being owed to the University, even if the student stopped attending courses.
| Last Date of Attendance | Tuition Refund |
| On or Before the Census Date | Full tuition & fees |
| One Week after the Census Date | 75% |
| Two Weeks after the Census Date | 50% |
| Three Weeks after the Census Date | 25% |
| Greater than Three Weeks after the Census Date | no refund |
See the PBA Tuition and Fees Page
Financial aid is disbursed according to federally mandated regulations. Students are expected to receive their refunds approximately 3 to 4 weeks after the end of the “Add/Drop” period. If you are enrolled in courses in multiple subterms, the amount of your first refund will be affected by your enrollment. You can view the expected refund dates on your myPBA account.
All student account refunds will be issued via direct deposit to your bank account or a physical check. If you do not select a payment method, the default option will be a check mailed to the legal home address on file; however, please note that physical checks take longer to process. The fastest way to receive your funds is to select Direct Deposit.
To select a refunding preference, log into your NelNet Campus Commerce account and click the “Refund” tab
Financial Aid and Resources
Continuing your education is more than a time investment.
Below are a few resources that may help you finance your master’s degree with Palm Beach Atlantic University
Financial aid
PBA’s Financial Aid Office can provide more information about loans for the PA program.
Policies and procedures for refunding tuition and fees can also be found in the Palm Beach Atlantic University’s PA Graduate Catalog.
FAFSA
Students may be eligible for federal and/or state financial aid.
To determine your eligibility, you must:
- Complete the FAFSA. with Palm Beach Atlantic University institutional code: 008849.
- After you are accepted into your program, Palm Beach Atlantic University’s financial aid office will assist you with processing student loan documents.
About My Loans FAQ
You will accept your loans through myPBA under Financials. After accepting your loans, make sure that you have completed mandatory Entrance Counseling and signed your MPN (Master Promissory Note) on the studentaid.gov website to complete the process.
For the loans to show as anticipated aid on your billing statement, you should accept your aid by the week of June 14th. To avoid late fees, accept your loans before the billing due date. Once you take your loans, myPBA can see that you have anticipated aid and that aid is forthcoming.
Once you accept your loans, myPBA can see you have anticipated aid and your billing statement will calculate the amount you need to pay. If you have accepted enough to cover your bill then you will not have to pay. myPBA will send bills for the fall term the week of June 21st with a due date of the first business day in August. For the complete billing schedule, visit PBA’s Financial Website.
Many students do not know what their budget will be at the time loans are accepted. If you are unsure, we recommend you take out the full amount of loan you have been offered. Students have up to 120 days from the date the loan is disbursed to return unneeded funds. There is no interest accrual or penalty if returned within the 120 days. Once you select accept, you may also decrease the amount yourself if you would like to borrow less. Keep in mind the total of your loans will disburse over the number of semesters in your academic year.
Email the Financial Aid office indicating the amount you would like to return.
Once the loan has been adjusted, you will see the balance due on your myPBA tab-account activity. You can make an e-check payment via the myPBA site.
Sign into your Direct Loan account at https://studentaid.gov/ .
Outside Scholarships
- IPAS Annual Scholarships
- PA Foundation Scholarships
- PAOS Scholarship (Current PA students interested in orthopedics)
Reporting External Scholarships
Does your hometown have clubs, organizations, community foundations, fire departments, police departments, or churches that award scholarships? It never hurts to ask. Many organizations give scholarship money to students from local high schools, and often, these opportunities are not advertised.
The Outside Scholarship page on your myPBA account is another avenue you can use to search for scholarship opportunities. These options have been presented to our office and approved by our office for authenticity!
Please note: this option is only available to PBA students as you are required to have valid myPBA login credentials.
Apply with the outside scholarship foundations of your choice! It is essential to apply to more than just one scholarship since, after all, the secret to winning is applying!
Once you hear back from the foundations you applied with, your next step is to notify our office that you have been awarded an outside scholarship! Depending on how the outside scholarship funds will be received, use the information below to help you proceed:
If you have already received a scholarship check, you can mail it to us or stop by the Financial Aid Office so it can be applied to your account. Please mail all scholarship letters and checks to the following address:
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Financial Aid Office
Attn: Mariah Welch
P.O. Box 24708
West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4708
If your scholarship funds do not arrive before payment is due, please provide us with a letter from the scholarship organization stating the amount they will be sending and how the scholarship should be split. The scholarship will automatically be divided between the Fall and Spring semesters if this is not specified in the letter.
Military Benefits
If you are a veteran or active in the military, you are welcome at Palm Beach Atlantic, and we are grateful for your service. Palm Beach Atlantic University participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. Contact the registrar’s office to learn about your GI Bill ® benefits.
GI Bill ® is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) registered trademark. More information about education benefits offered by the VA is available at the official U.S. government website at https://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
Visit our Tuition Assistance Page for more information.
Accreditation (A3.12a, D1.02c)
Anticipating ARC-PA approval, PBA will begin interviewing for the inaugural class in the fall of 2023 and matriculate the first class on October 1, 2024.
Palm Beach Atlantic University PA program has applied for Accreditation–Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). PBA PA program anticipates matriculating its first class in October 2024, pending achieving Accreditation–Provisional status at the June 2024 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation–Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
Note: In the event accreditation is not obtained, all deposits will be refunded to cohort members.