Regardless the fact that many totorials recommend to modify ~./bashrc in order ot perform a permanent modification of PATH for a given user, this is not a way to go. According to the official Ubuntu StackExchange, the way to go is to use the ~/.pam_environment folder, which is meant specifically for such modifications.
However, pay attention to the fact that you have to follow the pam_environment-specific synthax and thus type
PATH DEFAULT=${PATH}:/path/to/wherever/your/binaries/are