Tuition + fees $119,782
Published full-program tuition and required fees
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A 24-month, six-trimester Chicago PA program with a 36-student class and 1,000 required patient-care hours at submission.
Mission & approach
Educates graduates in a model promoting collaborative, patient-centered, evidence-based, and culturally appropriate health care to diverse populations (paraphrased from Program Goals).
Admissions insights
What this program looks for in applicants
Holistic review: academic record, patient care experience, health care experience, professional references, personal statement, supplemental essays, awards/honors, CASPA experiences (leadership, volunteer/community, PA shadowing, research, teaching); select applicants interviewed
Summarized from the program’s admissions information. Confirm current selection criteria with the program.
How this program interviews
The program uses a traditional, conversational interview model rather than Multiple Mini Interviews, with interview day including an information session, a group activity built around a Problem-Based Learning patient case, and several one-on-one interviews with faculty, alumni, and clinical partners. For the 2026-27 cycle, interviews are expected to be held virtually via Zoom from September through December 2026.
Source checked Aug 1, 2026. Interview formats and dates can change between cycles.
Program interview informationAdmissions & prerequisites
Admission requirements
Prerequisite coursework
College credits (semester or quarter; no conversion required)Review each course, its lab, and the program’s policies. Your links are planning records; the program decides equivalency.
Courses shown as alternatives in the table are not all required. Confirm the accepted route with the program.
- Anatomy and physiology route: Anatomy + Physiology OR Combined Anatomy & Physiology sequence
| Course | Credits | Lab | Min grade |
|---|---|---|---|
BiochemistryCourse notes & alternativesOne academic term, minimum 3 college credits; must cover protein structure/function, lipids, carbohydrate metabolism, DNA/RNA protein synthesis. Organic chemistry, nutritional biochemistry, metabolic biochemistry excluded. | 3College credits (semester or quarter; no conversion required) | Not required | C |
MicrobiologyCourse notes & alternativesOne academic term, minimum 3 college credits; content bacteriology, virology, parasitology, mycology. Molecular/cellular biology or bacteriology alone excluded. | 3College credits (semester or quarter; no conversion required) | Not required | C |
StatisticsCourse notes & alternativesOne academic term, minimum 3 credits; measures of central tendency and dispersion, hypothesis testing. Calculus excluded. | 3College credits (semester or quarter; no conversion required) | Not required | C |
Medical TerminologyCourse notes & alternativesOne academic term, minimum 1 college credit; cannot be satisfied by work/life experience or test-out. | 1College credits (semester or quarter; no conversion required) | Not required | C |
| Anatomy One academic term, minimum 3 college credits, all major organ systems; alternative to combined A&P sequence. | 3College credits (semester or quarter; no conversion required) | Not required | C |
| Physiology One academic term, minimum 3 college credits, all major organ systems; alternative to combined A&P sequence. | 3College credits (semester or quarter; no conversion required) | Not required | C |
| Combined Anatomy & Physiology sequence2 course(s) Alternative: two academic terms of combined A&P; at least 6 college credits total. No labs required. | 6College credits (semester or quarter; no conversion required) | Not required | C |
Policies that can change your plan
- Recency
- Seven-year limit on courses; for 2026–27, courses on or after Sep 1, 2019 are accepted.
- Check which courses are accepted.
- No labs; no substitutions. Intro/survey or kinesiology/exercise science/nutrition courses may need syllabus review.
- Details for the current admissions cycle.
- The CASPA verified deadline was Sep 1, 2026 and the supplemental deadline was Sep 15, 2026. Both have passed.
All prerequisites must be completed within seven years of the cycle deadline (for 2026–27: on or after Sep 1, 2019), with a C or better. No substitutions, and one course cannot satisfy multiple prerequisites. Up to three courses may be in progress or planned through Dec 31, 2026; only one may be in progress or planned from Jan 1 to May 28, 2027. Check for updated rules for future cycles.
When courses must be complete: 1,000 direct patient-care hours at application submission; minimum overall and science GPA each 3.30; 3+ submitted evaluations. No GRE/Casper/PA-CAT/MCAT required.
Dates & application steps
The prior-cycle deadline of 2026-09-01 has passed; the next deadline is not published.
This is the expected start of the entering class.
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Published cost estimate
Published full-program tuition and required feesPublished nonresident full-program tuition
Tuition is $117,894 for all six trimesters. Required student health fees ($894 per year) and a one-time anatomy lab fee ($100) add $1,888, for $119,782 total. The optional CTA transit pass is not included.
Curriculum & clinical training
Didactic education
Twenty-three courses combine medical science, problem-based learning, cadaver anatomy, clinical skills and early clinical experience.
Clinical education
Seven core and four elective rotations accompany the master’s project.
The Chicago program spans 24 months and 108 credits. Clinical relationships include Chicago-area sites and Northwestern Medicine; particular placements are not guaranteed.
The admitted class
Enrolled Classes of 2026 and 2027
Published class statisticsThe published profile covers the enrolled Classes of 2026 and 2027 together, not either class alone.
Compare published cohorts
| Class | Published GPA | Published science-related GPA | Published experience hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled Classes of 2026 and 2027 | 3.82 | 3.77 | Not recorded |
Published class statistics describe the named cohort or population. They are not admission minimums or acceptance probabilities.
The program’s track record
Graduate outcomes
PANCE pass rates
See first-time program performance with clearly dated national context.
- First-time PANCE pass rate: 100%
- Five-year first-time PANCE pass rate: 98%
Accreditation history
ContinuedSources you can open
Links to the program’s own pages and the official directories we use.
- ARC-PA currently accredited programs — sponsoring-institution directory
- Program program page
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine PA How to Apply
- Program program page
- Northwestern University curriculum and clinical training
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