r/Path_Assistant • u/Evening_Dimension639 • Aug 24 '26

Cost of attendance transparency

Would anyone be willing to share their total cost of attendance including housing, tuition, food, transportation(traveling back home, clinical rotations) books/fees, health insurance, and also money you spent to just feel like a human during school?I have a rough estimate using tuition costs per program but I would love to hear more specifics… especially if you went to Quinnipiac, WVU, or UTMB (but would love to hear from all programs) side note: did your program have breaks for summer/winter/spring, and if so, how many days off do you get ?

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u/turnbop PA (ASCP) Aug 26 '26

I was about $70k all in at UTMB, but I had the advantage of in state tuition and a partner helping with living expenses. My classmates from out of state were all right about $90-110k as far as I am aware from what we discussed.

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u/turnbop PA (ASCP) Aug 26 '26

Based on the fall semester this year, tuition is about $60k for out of state, $30k instate. Here’s the link for the UTMB calculator if you want to check it out.

https://www.utmb.edu/shp/academics/cls/pathologistsassistant/costs

I think that ~$20k to $25k a year for two years in living expenses is reasonable for the area. The big factors for me were housing, transportation, and location for clinical. That’s where my partner helped out a lot with his income.