There are many factors that go into calculating what you will earn. It can not be based on those averages because the profession is very small and surgical training plays a huge role in potential earnings. Search the podiatry forum on newtork 54 and you might find the info there. Make sure to check all the posts for the last year. And do not take advice from current students who basically repeat the propaganda that the APMA spews out, because some of them are still in a cloud of denial. It is common to find graduates of these school switching medical careers EVEN after residencies to pursue a medical degree(M.D. If you are married with kids, please be very careful before you choose this profession especially if you have to take out loans in excess of 100,000. Podiatry is having MAJOR problems as evidenced by all the negativity on their forums unlike the MD,DO,DDS,RN students on this forum. There is a reason why the pre-podiatry forum will never have any posts. With 300-400 TOTAL APPLICANTS for700+ seats, there obviously something wrong. In my opinion, the profession does not have the size or unity to survive. If they do not change now for the better, they will have to assimilate with medical schools and become another specialty. Because no medical profession can survive with no students.
