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does any one know the percent of people who have graduate degrees in science or other areas that are in DO school, is this more common in DO then MD school (ex. M.Sc. or Ph.D)
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My guess is there are more in MD schools, but it is an interesting question.
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UNECOM states on their website that a great number of people in their class has a graduate degree of some sort. MSc, MA, BMA, MPH, MASc or other degrees.
Actually being an applicant with grad degree. I would not be surprised if there are greater number of people ENTERING DO schools with a grad degree. Entering meaning coming in to the program with a graduate degree. The reason I say this, is because many MD graduats go on to do MSc or MPH or even PhD after they complete medical school or durring. Just look at the big number that come out with MD/PhD.
Actually being an applicant with grad degree. I would not be surprised if there are greater number of people ENTERING DO schools with a grad degree. Entering meaning coming in to the program with a graduate degree. The reason I say this, is because many MD graduats go on to do MSc or MPH or even PhD after they complete medical school or durring. Just look at the big number that come out with MD/PhD.
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More common in DO for a couple reasons. One is that entering students are typically older on average than entering MD students. Most of the degrees are MPH's and masters in biomedical sciences. The second reason is that the latter are often pursued by people that didn't gain acceptance to a school the first time they applied - many are run as post-bacc programs to help applications.
