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UPDATE: I've added the 4-year graduation rate into the equations, updated cost figures, and made two separate overall indexes—a quality index which is independent of cost and an appeal index which is dependent of cost.
I've been trying to find an objective comparison of the podiatric colleges and couldn't find much so I've scrabbled this together. Let's call it the Podiatric College Appeal Index (I was gonna call it the Quality Index, but then I factored in cost and that's not so much related to quality). It is based entirely on objective data collected from the 2013-2014 Information Book as well as from the websites of each of the colleges. Links below.
It is assumed here that the appeal of a college is (1) proportional to the APMLE step 1 first-time pass rate, APMLE step 2 first-time pass rate, residency placement rate, and 4-year graduation rate and is (2) inversely proportional to the average yearly cost of attendance. An index for each of these factors was used rather than the actual factor itself to allow direct comparison to the average APMLE step 1 first-time pass rate, APMLE step 2 first-time pass rate, residency placement rate, and yearly cost of attendance across all nine colleges. In the equation used, the APMLE 1, APMLE 2, and Residency Placement Indexes were averaged and then multiplied by the Cost Index for an overall sort of "bang for your buck" metric. Also, I threw a constant into the mix to bring the final Appeal Indexes to average 1.00 for the sake of simplicity. Therefore, the "average" podiatric college according to this method would have an Appeal Index equal to 1.00 and those colleges with an Appeal Index greater than 1.00 should be considered more appealing than average and those colleges with an Appeal Index less than 1.00 should be considered less appealing than average.
The data, tables, and equations used are attached in pdf format. Hope someone finds these useful. BTW, I realize that some of the date ranges for some of the data used aren't all from the exact same time period, but I think this is probably the best we could do with the information that the colleges currently have available.
References:
1. http://www.aacpm.org/html/careerzone/pdfs/AACPM CIB-2013 Entering Class.pdf
2. https://www.midwestern.edu/programs-and-admission/az-podiatric-medicine.html
3. https://www.midwestern.edu/Documents/Financial Aid documents/COA Forms/2015-16 AZ/Podiatry _AZ 1516 final.pdf
4. https://www.dmu.edu/cpms/program-outcomes/
5. https://www.dmu.edu/financial-aid/c...get-information/doctor-of-podiatric-medicine/
6. http://podiatry.temple.edu/sites/podiatry/files/Program Outcome Measures.pdf
7. http://podiatry.temple.edu/admissions/tuition-and-fees
8. http://www.nycpm.edu/outcomes.asp
9. http://www.nycpm.edu/tuition.pdf
10. http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/scholl/SCPMProgramOutcomes.aspx
11. http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/Portals/0/Documents/SFS/Billing/2013-2014 Tuition/Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine.pdf
12. http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/pro...alServices/financialaid/CostofAttendance.aspx
13. https://www.kent.edu/cpm/admissions-faqs-0
14. http://www.kent.edu/bursar/tuition-and-fees
15. http://www.kent.edu/financialaid/coa
16. https://www.westernu.edu/bin/podiatry/dashboard2015.pdf
17. https://www.westernu.edu/financial/financial-budgets/financial-budgets-podiatry/
18. https://www.barry.edu/podiatry/podiatry-medicine-school/about-the-program/cpme-outcome-data.html
19. https://www.barry.edu/future-students/undergraduate/admissions/tuition-and-fees.html
20. https://www.barry.edu/podiatry/podiatry-medicine-school/financial-aid/tuition-fees.html
21. https://www.samuelmerritt.edu/podiatric_medicine/performance
22. http://www.aacpm.org/html/careerzone/CSPM_Viewbook.pdf
I've been trying to find an objective comparison of the podiatric colleges and couldn't find much so I've scrabbled this together. Let's call it the Podiatric College Appeal Index (I was gonna call it the Quality Index, but then I factored in cost and that's not so much related to quality). It is based entirely on objective data collected from the 2013-2014 Information Book as well as from the websites of each of the colleges. Links below.
It is assumed here that the appeal of a college is (1) proportional to the APMLE step 1 first-time pass rate, APMLE step 2 first-time pass rate, residency placement rate, and 4-year graduation rate and is (2) inversely proportional to the average yearly cost of attendance. An index for each of these factors was used rather than the actual factor itself to allow direct comparison to the average APMLE step 1 first-time pass rate, APMLE step 2 first-time pass rate, residency placement rate, and yearly cost of attendance across all nine colleges. In the equation used, the APMLE 1, APMLE 2, and Residency Placement Indexes were averaged and then multiplied by the Cost Index for an overall sort of "bang for your buck" metric. Also, I threw a constant into the mix to bring the final Appeal Indexes to average 1.00 for the sake of simplicity. Therefore, the "average" podiatric college according to this method would have an Appeal Index equal to 1.00 and those colleges with an Appeal Index greater than 1.00 should be considered more appealing than average and those colleges with an Appeal Index less than 1.00 should be considered less appealing than average.
AZPod Quality Index = 1.08
DMU-CPMS Quality Index = 1.07
NYCPM Quality Index = 1.02
SCPM Quality Index = 1.02
CSPM Quality Index = 1.00
AVERAGE Quality Index = 1.00
TUSPM Quality Index = 0.99
KSUCPM Quality Index = 0.99
WUCPM Quality Index = 0.94
BUSPM Quality Index = 0.90
KSUCPM Appeal Index = 1.20
DMU-CPMS Appeal Index = 1.07
TUSPM Appeal Index = 1.05
NYCPM Appeal Index = 1.04
BUSPM Appeal Index = 1.04
AVERAGE Appeal Index = 1.00
CSPM Appeal Index = 0.96
SCPM Appeal Index = 0.93
AZPod Appeal Index = 0.86
WUCPM Appeal Index = 0.86
DMU-CPMS Quality Index = 1.07
NYCPM Quality Index = 1.02
SCPM Quality Index = 1.02
CSPM Quality Index = 1.00
AVERAGE Quality Index = 1.00
TUSPM Quality Index = 0.99
KSUCPM Quality Index = 0.99
WUCPM Quality Index = 0.94
BUSPM Quality Index = 0.90
KSUCPM Appeal Index = 1.20
DMU-CPMS Appeal Index = 1.07
TUSPM Appeal Index = 1.05
NYCPM Appeal Index = 1.04
BUSPM Appeal Index = 1.04
AVERAGE Appeal Index = 1.00
CSPM Appeal Index = 0.96
SCPM Appeal Index = 0.93
AZPod Appeal Index = 0.86
WUCPM Appeal Index = 0.86
The data, tables, and equations used are attached in pdf format. Hope someone finds these useful. BTW, I realize that some of the date ranges for some of the data used aren't all from the exact same time period, but I think this is probably the best we could do with the information that the colleges currently have available.
References:
1. http://www.aacpm.org/html/careerzone/pdfs/AACPM CIB-2013 Entering Class.pdf
2. https://www.midwestern.edu/programs-and-admission/az-podiatric-medicine.html
3. https://www.midwestern.edu/Documents/Financial Aid documents/COA Forms/2015-16 AZ/Podiatry _AZ 1516 final.pdf
4. https://www.dmu.edu/cpms/program-outcomes/
5. https://www.dmu.edu/financial-aid/c...get-information/doctor-of-podiatric-medicine/
6. http://podiatry.temple.edu/sites/podiatry/files/Program Outcome Measures.pdf
7. http://podiatry.temple.edu/admissions/tuition-and-fees
8. http://www.nycpm.edu/outcomes.asp
9. http://www.nycpm.edu/tuition.pdf
10. http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/scholl/SCPMProgramOutcomes.aspx
11. http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/Portals/0/Documents/SFS/Billing/2013-2014 Tuition/Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine.pdf
12. http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/pro...alServices/financialaid/CostofAttendance.aspx
13. https://www.kent.edu/cpm/admissions-faqs-0
14. http://www.kent.edu/bursar/tuition-and-fees
15. http://www.kent.edu/financialaid/coa
16. https://www.westernu.edu/bin/podiatry/dashboard2015.pdf
17. https://www.westernu.edu/financial/financial-budgets/financial-budgets-podiatry/
18. https://www.barry.edu/podiatry/podiatry-medicine-school/about-the-program/cpme-outcome-data.html
19. https://www.barry.edu/future-students/undergraduate/admissions/tuition-and-fees.html
20. https://www.barry.edu/podiatry/podiatry-medicine-school/financial-aid/tuition-fees.html
21. https://www.samuelmerritt.edu/podiatric_medicine/performance
22. http://www.aacpm.org/html/careerzone/CSPM_Viewbook.pdf
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