Nurses General Nursing
Published Jun 10, 2003
FutureNurse2005
713 Posts
My best friend just got accepted to Medical School!!! She's going to be a doctor!
I am so happy for her!
My only concern is the $18,000+ price tag per year!!! Yep...per year!!
OUCH!!!
I had no idea that it was so costly to become a doctor! lol I am definitely grateful for my $4200 per year Nursing program!!
:eek:
Is it really worth it for doctors??? I know that most doctors earn a nice living, but is that not extreme for tuition? Are other programs this costly?
Wowza...:)
traumaRUs, MSN, APRN
88 Articles; 21,250 Posts
Thats cheap. I'm doing a BSN/MSN combo online and I pay $1100 every 5 weeks, which is $12,000 per year. Actually, its more, because I've been doubling classes. It'll be 20K this year.
twarlik
573 Posts
I think med school is expensive no matter where you go. Consider that to attend medical school at Harvard, it will cost you $32,708 a year in tuition alone! Crazy...
PennyLane, RN
1,193 Posts
Johns Hopkins Medical School in my city is $27,000/year for the M.D. program, $24,700/year for their Ph.D. program. Their nursing program is $19,780/year!
kcsunshyn8
34 Posts
My school(private college outside philly) is close to $30,000 a year! All I have to say is thank god for scholarships and grants!
~kerry~
Freshman RN
75 Posts
My 2-yr nursing program is about 1500.00 a year.
Tweety, BSN, RN
34,354 Posts
To be a doctor one has to really want to be. Given the tuition, etc. lack of sleep, and malpractice costs, you have to be driven by something other than money.
RN from OZ
I cant believe you have to pay for the privilage to do nursing !!!
the Uni course was free over here when I did it ! they charged $2,000 a semester for a couple of years, and now due to the nursing shortage it is free again.
Originally posted by RN from OZ I cant believe you have to pay for the privilage to do nursing !!!the Uni course was free over here when I did it ! they charged $2,000 a semester for a couple of years, and now due to the nursing shortage it is free again.
It's free!?!?! Wow, what a deal! The only time attending a university or college is "free" over here is if you're given a grant or a scholarship. Most people take out student loans to pay for their education. Ah, the American education system...
Gator,SN
738 Posts
I think that I read somewhere that is is common for the average doctor to owe 70-100,000 in student loans when they are finished.
Add the cost of malpractice insurance each month and I don't know how they can afford it.
Gator
sjoe
2,099 Posts
18K/year is VERY cheap for medical school. My nursing school cost more than that.
Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN
11,304 Posts
sjoe . . . I was thinking that was kinda cheap too. My son is headed off to Azusa Pacific in the Fall and it is $11,000 a semester! And he wants to be a history teacher. Which won't compensate him like being a physician will.
Fortunately he wants his Master's . . .so maybe he will make more than your average high school teacher.
steph