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1 Average cost of resident tuition for a 2 year physician assistant program is: $65,564. 2  Average cost of non-resident tuition for a 2 year physician assistant program is: $76,134.uition and cost data of resident and non-resident tuition including length/duration of the PA program. Based on this 2015 data table: 1  Average cost of resident tuition for a 2 year physician assistant program is: $65,564. 2  Average cost of non-resident tuition for a 2 year physician assistant program is: $76,134.
The average physician assistant makes $98,180 per year as of 2017. This translates to roughly $47.20 per hour. There are currently just under 100,000 physician assistants employed in the United States. The amount of PAs on the workforce today is expect to grow by 30 percent from 2014 to 2024, which means there will be approximately 30,000 new PA jobs in the coming years.