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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: :eek: :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...:)

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

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.

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Specializes in CICu, ICU, med-surg.

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...

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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!

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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~

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My 2-yr nursing program is about 1500.00 a year.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

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.

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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.

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Specializes in CICu, ICU, med-surg.
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...

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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 each month and I don't know how they can afford it.

Gator

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Specializes in Corrections, Psych, Med-Surg.

18K/year is VERY cheap for medical school. My nursing school cost more than that.

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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

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