School for Less 7 of the top 10 least expensive private medical schools are DO schools LECOM, WCUCOM are the private DO schools with the lowest tuition and fees, according to U.S. News and World Report. May 23, 2018Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics student loansUS News Medical school is expensive, but tuition and fees vary widely across institutions. A recently released list from U.S. News and World Report found that 70% of the top 10 least expensive private medical schools are colleges of osteopathic medicine. To compile the list, U.S. News looked at schools’ tuition and fees for the 2017-2018 school year. Here’s the list of the 10 least expensive private medical schools, according to U.S. News and World Report: No. 1: Baylor College of Medicine No. 2: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine No. 3: William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine No. 4: University of Miami No. 5: University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine No. 6: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine No. 7: Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine No. 8: Howard University No. 9: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine No. 10: Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine See the full list here. More lists: 9 DO schools rank in top 10 for producing the most primary care residents UNECOM leads DO schools on U.S. News’ best med schools list More in Training Record number of DOs secure residency positions through NRMP Match DO candidates matched into a wide spectrum of residency programs spanning 40 specialties. Being a first-generation student doesn’t end in medical school: A call for more research and support after undergrad While first-generation students often have significant resources to draw from in undergrad, many of those resources are not available for FG med students. A group of DO students aims to change that. Previous article6 things to share with patients about sarcoidosis Next articleIn Memoriam: May 29, 2018
Record number of DOs secure residency positions through NRMP Match DO candidates matched into a wide spectrum of residency programs spanning 40 specialties.
Being a first-generation student doesn’t end in medical school: A call for more research and support after undergrad While first-generation students often have significant resources to draw from in undergrad, many of those resources are not available for FG med students. A group of DO students aims to change that.
Unfortunately, with some of these schools, it seems you get what you pay for. Cheap, therefore, may not be accurately equated with a good education, quality faculty, competent staff, or preparing you well for a career as a doctor. I urge those who are concerned about the cost of med school to ask around about the overall quality of education before jumping at that low price. Ask the students at those schools if they are happy there. Ask them how much of the stress of medical school is the necessary stress of cramming all that info into tired brains and how much of that stress is unnecessary and due to the incompetence of their chosen school. That’s an important distinction that no one talks about, but nonetheless affects your education and quality of life. Med school is supposed to be hard, but it should be hard because of all the material you have to learn and not because of poor teaching, incompetence, and so on. People talk. A lot these days about burnout but no one seems to address the causes of it, and I submit that the quality of your school can be cintributory to increased risk of burnout. May. 31, 2018, at 8:20 am Reply
What about the fact that osteopathic schools also leads the pack in a very similar way regarding the most expensive tuition and highest indebtedness? That is worth talking about, as well. May. 31, 2018, at 9:45 am Reply
Hope the schools are affordable like really cheap and they don’t need people with really high grades Jul. 27, 2018, at 4:01 pm Reply
I’ve taught at 3 allopathic and 2 osteopathic schools. Allopathic schools cost more because the AAMC loves bureaucracy. I’ve had both DOs and MDs as personal physicians. Some excellent ones in either. On the whole, though, I’d rate DOs more highly for primary care. Mar. 18, 2019, at 7:35 am Reply