I will starting MPH (Epi track) at Columbia this fall, and am considering med school or PHD afterwards. The problem is that potentially I have to take out $80K loans to finish the MPH at Columbia, which seems just too much if I wanted to continue onto med. school or PhD program since I have to take out more loans for them.
So, this has seriously led me to consider MPH at UT Houston, which will be $30K max.
Now, in my research of classes and correspondence w/ faculty, Columbia PH is def a better school than UT's (overall and in Epi). One thing I hate about UT is the classes are split up btw 4 campuses throughout TX, forcing students to a lot of the courses through ITV (basically video conferencing) and online--- which can totally comprise the quality of the course. Also, UT Epi advanced courses only concentrate on Genetics and Molecular Bio, whereas Columbia Epi has that and much more.
With that said, UT is still not bad of a school, and I do have the opportunity here to continue my cancer epi research job (although I don't want to work full time while I'm school).
Anyway, will it matter to med schools or PhD programs where I get an MPH??? If it will not matter then obv I want the cheaper route and save $50K!!
I really wish money was not an issue bc I would certainly pick Columbia PH since it's a higher quality school with better range of classes (w. the profs physically present!!), faculty, and research.
Please help... I only have 3 weeks to decide btw both schools :*(
So, this has seriously led me to consider MPH at UT Houston, which will be $30K max.
Now, in my research of classes and correspondence w/ faculty, Columbia PH is def a better school than UT's (overall and in Epi). One thing I hate about UT is the classes are split up btw 4 campuses throughout TX, forcing students to a lot of the courses through ITV (basically video conferencing) and online--- which can totally comprise the quality of the course. Also, UT Epi advanced courses only concentrate on Genetics and Molecular Bio, whereas Columbia Epi has that and much more.
With that said, UT is still not bad of a school, and I do have the opportunity here to continue my cancer epi research job (although I don't want to work full time while I'm school).
Anyway, will it matter to med schools or PhD programs where I get an MPH??? If it will not matter then obv I want the cheaper route and save $50K!!
I really wish money was not an issue bc I would certainly pick Columbia PH since it's a higher quality school with better range of classes (w. the profs physically present!!), faculty, and research.
Please help... I only have 3 weeks to decide btw both schools :*(