Is there any school that has reduced P4 tuition?

[Lexington2012]

I recall hearing that there are a few schools that offer reduced tuition P4 year. Anyone know which pharmacy schools do this?

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[bacillus1]

USP has INCREASED P4 tuition, since it's technically more credits. Haven't heard of any with reduced.

 

[Lexington2012]

Someone PM'ed me and said Marshall.

I checked their website and no P4 tuition is mentioned:
http://www.marshall.edu/sfa/cost-of-attendance/doctor-of-pharmacy/

 

[PharmtoCS]

Tuition for the third year at University of the Pacific, a 3-year program, is $47k. Keep in mind that the first two years are $70k/year.

 

[vardenafil]

I never understood why I had to pay tuition on top of working 40+ hours a week for free during my last year.

 

[297point1]

We've been through this before, campers...

Let's use these numbers- for four year private programs, they are a reasonable estimate. For state schools, apply whatever uniform discount rate you wish.

Cost of education, year one: $40,000
Cost of education, year two: $40,000
Cost of education, year three: $40,000
Cost of education, year four [APPE year]: $16,000

Now, a school could charge the face value amounts listed above, and offer a discount to the PY4's.

OR, a school could average the cost over all four years and charge the mean cost per year (in this instance, $34,000 per year times four years). Sure, the PY4 year doesn't cost $34k...but then again neither do the PY1-PY3 years. Most schools do this- the PY4 tuition is used to subsidize the PY1-PY3 tuition.

Schools like Pacific that offer a last year discount are the exception; so are the two Philly schools (USP and Jefferson), which charge a HIGHER tuition for the PY4 year.

 

[BidingMyTime]

Why would any school reduce P4 tuition? Who is going to drop out of pharmacy school after passing the first 3 years and presumably having at least 3 years of debt? Schools historically RAISE tuition the last year, because they know at that point students will pay any amount to finish up and get their degree.

 

[blackwolf2000]

Tuition for the third year at University of the Pacific, a 3-year program, is $47k. Keep in mind that the first two years are $70k/year.

I can't fathom the finances.

 

[blackwolf2000]

My 4th year was 18k and I went to a private school.

 

[297point1]

Our program cost the same all 4 years. For some reason, I was thinking that rotation year was MORE expensive for the school.

Only if you go to an incredibly inexpensive program like Florida A&M or Montana might APPE expenses exceed actual tuition.