It Should Scare Us That Tuition Is A Tiny Amount Of Medical School Revenue

It Should Scare Us That Tuition Is A Tiny Amount Of Medical School Revenue

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Medical school is expensive. Tuition for private medical schools average more than $60,000 per year. That’s tuition, folks; not tuition, room, and board. At the University of South Carolina, out-of-state tuition is more than $90,000 a year.

But don’t assume your local medical school depends on tuition dollars for its financial well-being. The contribution of tuition towards medical school revenue is a tiny fraction of what it once was.

To read the full article, please visit Forbes.

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