To train a doctor, learners pay an average of 200,000-400,000 USD. The remaining training costs are deducted from taxes. Doctors are also a high-income industry in this country.
Medicine is an expensive discipline in America. According to Dr. James Allen Medical Doctor, the cost of training a doctor up to 1.1 million. This includes tuition fees paid for 11-15 years of learners with support from the government, the school donation program.

Of course, in return, doctors are a profession that brings a pretty high income.

Medicine is an expensive discipline in America. Students pay high tuition fees and society has to invest a lot. Photo: Shemmassianconsulting.

Students pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition fees
The path to becoming a doctor depends on the specialty. But in general, it takes 4 years for students to get a bachelor's degree, usually majors such as Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Genetics).

Going forward, they have to take the entrance exam to medical school and undergo about 4 years of training before going to the boarding program for 3 to 7 years and then taking the practice license exam.

Student fees depend on many factors such as public or private school, being in the state or out of state.

In general, the tuition fees of private schools are higher than public schools, and in public schools, students in other states have to pay higher fees.

According to The US News, the average tuition for a bachelor's degree for the 2019-2020 school year is $ 10,116 for students attending public schools in their home state, $ 22,577 for students in public schools in another state, and $ 36,801. if you go to a private school.

Of course, reputable schools often have much higher fees.

During the 4 years of studying in Medical School, students have to pay the tuition fee is not low.

The average tuition fees of medical school for the 2019-2020 school year range from 37,556 USD (public, in the state) to 62,194 USD (public, outside the state). For private schools, this figure is 62,111 USD.

Thus, to get a degree from Medical School, students lose an average of 150,224 USD or 248,776 USD.

Of course, the above is just an average. The cost to attend many schools is much higher.

Shemmassian Academic Consulting statistics the tuition fees of medical schools in the US for the academic year 2019-2020.

In particular, tuition fees at the University of Illinois up to 99,622 USD for students in other states and 52,444 USD for students in the state. The corresponding figures at the Medical University of South Carolina are 91,313 USD and 47,051 USD.

In the resident doctor program, learners do not have to pay a fee and are paid to study.

Public universities charge the highest fees for medical school in America. Photo: Nguyen Suong.

Training costs 1.1 million USD / person

The figure of $ 1.1 million made by Dr. James Allen is calculated on tuition fees for other state students of Ohio State University, who do not receive state or federal government subsidies.

In which, the cost (including tuition fees, textbooks, dormitory) for 4 years of university study is 198,224 USD.

The cost for 4 years of medical school is 385,029 USD (first year 80,019 USD, second year 76,026 USD, third year 114/442 USD and fourth year 11,542 USD).

Meanwhile, the money spent to train resident doctors includes direct expenses (salary for trainees) and other indirect expenses.

At the Ohio State University Medical Center, the cost of the freshman resident is $ 51,510. Salary increases every year. By year 4, it costs up to $ 56,636.

However, this expense is just the "tip of the iceberg". In addition, the state also has to spend money on hospitals to receive internships, doctors, instructors ...

In 2014, the Alliance of Internal Medicine estimated the cost to train resident doctors at about $ 183,416 / year.

Thus, to become a doctor of general medicine, pediatrics, family doctor, inpatient training cost (3 years) is 550,248 USD.

Other industries need longer training times. For example, an obstetrician for 4 years ($ 733,664), gastrointestinal 6 years ($ 1,100,496), cardiologist's 7-year intervention ($ 1,283,912).

It is worth mentioning, to have a doctor, learners spend a large amount of money, but social investment is even larger, 2-3 times more.

The average income of doctors in the US is 294,000 USD / year. Photo: Medscape.

Doctor's salary up to 663,000 USD
If only the tuition fees that students have to spend to receive the Y degree (including 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school), on average, the US learners spend about 200,000-400,000 USD.

This is a very large amount but completely reasonable when compared to the salary this country's doctors receive. Even during residency, they still receive a substantial salary.

According to the Medscape report, the average salary of doctors in the US is 294,000 USD / year.

Statistics from Careerexplorer show that the average starting salary is $ 68,922 / year. Income increases with work experience. Experienced doctors receive an average of 179,721 USD / year. Meanwhile, the average salary of the top doctor is up to 352,975 USD / year.

Doctors' salaries depend not only on work experience but also on the state they work with.

For example, neurosurgeons earn an average salary of $ 663,000 a year while children's nutritionists only make about $ 192,000 a year.

The above figure is based on the income of doctors who are permanent in a hospital. Those who choose to work "part time" usually have 30-50% higher income.

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