List of tuition for each DO school (2011 Comparisons)

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From the information I've seen so far. As above, the tuition information was culled from the 2012 College Information Book.
I figured it was time to update the old 2007 thread.

You can see 2010 vs 2011's tuition costs, therefore visualizing what sort of increase to expect in future years.

If any of you know the avg matriculating GPAs for the schools missing, put them here. I only found what I could through each individual website.
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Very good idea 😎

I believe the tuition numbers are a little dated for most schools though, since the 2011 CIB has values from the 2010-2011 academic year. For example, tuition at TUCOM-CA for 2011-2012 is $42,681. Maybe everybody can contribute to update the table once new information becomes available.
 
Average 2010 matriculant at TUCOM-CA had a 3.5/29.
 
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Excellent post, thank you!!
 
I wish these numbers for AZCOM were accurate, as it is, I believe those are for last year because I'm definitely paying more than that for tuition this year (ballpark of $47.7k). 🙁
 
ATSU-SOMA is a slight bit higher than the table cites as well. If only be about $1,000.

With fees etc I'm expecting to pay just over $40K per year, tuition by it's self is just over $39K.
 
Updated, thanks. I added a column for 2011 tuition.
 
TouroCOM-NY tuition is 34,500.

Also, the latest available class with statistics is c/o 2013, which has 3.3 GPA and 27 MCAT.
I know 2014 and so far 2015 are higher, but the specific info isn't available.
 
LesBois88 said:
TouroCOM-NY tuition is 34,500.

Also, the latest available class with statistics is c/o 2013, which has 3.3 GPA and 27 MCAT.
I know 2014 and so far 2015 are higher, but the specific info isn't available.
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Class of 2014:
MCAT:27
GPA:3.4
 
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Msucom out of state.... Ouch

I went to msu for part of undergrad, it def wouldn't be my first choice for med school, and definitely not at that price
 
NYCOM is now up to 44,000+ ill try to get a more exact figure

NYCOM C/O 2013 had stats of 3.6 GPA, 29.5 MCAT, Not sure about 2014, So far C/O 2015 is pushing close to 29, guess we have to see what the last few admissions do...
 
NYDOC112 said:
NYCOM is now up to 44,000+ ill try to get a more exact figure

NYCOM C/O 2013 had stats of 3.6 GPA, 29.5 MCAT, Not sure about 2014, So far C/O 2015 is pushing close to 29, guess we have to see what the last few admissions do...
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From the website:
Tuition (all students): $44,405
Does not include fees.
 
dannydickman said:
Thanks, now it's got last year's and this year's.
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Thanks for updating it, you're doing an awesome thing for everybody 👍

Just FYI, the CIB's tuition figure for TUCOM-CA is incorrect. Tuition is what I stated earlier in this thread.
 
Sinfest said:
Thanks for updating it, you're doing an awesome thing for everybody 👍

Just FYI, the CIB's tuition figure for TUCOM-CA is incorrect. Tuition is what I stated earlier in this thread.
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Sweet, no problemo. Anybody else know the average entrance GPA and MCATs for the missing schools?
 
US News just came out with their medical school ratings. Yet again, UNECOM is #1 in the country for student debt load. The rankings are notable for 6 of the top 10 highest student debt load being osteopathic schools.

The AOA should be doing something about that. I'm proud to be a DO, but !*&#%& there is no reason why DO schools should be the most expensive and darn near cost prohibitive to attend.

Ok. Continue with your tuition rankings. Take into account many schools raise tuition every year so last year's tuition will be low. I think there are a couple schools that keep tuition stable from the year of your admit. Some raise it every year (UNE raises tuition approx 6% every year).
 
ShyRem said:
US News just came out with their medical school ratings. Yet again, UNECOM is #1 in the country for student debt load. The rankings are notable for 6 of the top 10 highest student debt load being osteopathic schools.

The AOA should be doing something about that. I'm proud to be a DO, but !*&#%& there is no reason why DO schools should be the most expensive and darn near cost prohibitive to attend.

Ok. Continue with your tuition rankings. Take into account many schools raise tuition every year so last year's tuition will be low. I think there are a couple schools that keep tuition stable from the year of your admit. Some raise it every year (UNE raises tuition approx 6% every year).
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Given that most DO schools are private, I don't think theres much that AOA can do about tuition costs as they perhaps reflect the "true" (i.e not state/fed subsidized) cost of a medical education + plus that profit margin (which needs regulation). I think OOS tuition at any instution is a real sense of the cost of medical education . I guess they can sort of regulate tuition by adjusting for cost of living state-by-state (& inflation) and putting a cap on how much they could charge for each school year. It will be a good first step but I honestly don't think it will happen during my entire medical education!!!😡

On the Side: ShyRem for AOA president some years down the line???no? I'll like to see that!
 
ShyRem said:
US News just came out with their medical school ratings. Yet again, UNECOM is #1 in the country for student debt load. The rankings are notable for 6 of the top 10 highest student debt load being osteopathic schools.

The AOA should be doing something about that. I'm proud to be a DO, but !*&#%& there is no reason why DO schools should be the most expensive and darn near cost prohibitive to attend.

Ok. Continue with your tuition rankings. Take into account many schools raise tuition every year so last year's tuition will be low. I think there are a couple schools that keep tuition stable from the year of your admit. Some raise it every year (UNE raises tuition approx 6% every year).
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I'm not quite sure why UNECOM has the highest debt load (I know it's a fact, but i'm not sure what accounts for this). Obviously tuition makes up the largest % of debt load, and while UNECOM is quite high, there are many schools with similar tuitions, and several with higher tuitions. I would assume the other major contributing factor for debt load would be cost of living. If this is the case, I'm not sure why UNE would rate so high-I got the impression that the cost of living was quite low in the Biddeford region.

So since UNE's tuition is comparable to many other schools, and the cost of living is not particularly high, can anyone explain why the debt load is consistently the highest in the nation? Thanks.
 
I think it depends on your frame of reference for "cost of living." I found Maine horrifically expensive to live in.
 
theone1979 said:
I'm not quite sure why UNECOM has the highest debt load (I know it's a fact, but i'm not sure what accounts for this). Obviously tuition makes up the largest % of debt load, and while UNECOM is quite high, there are many schools with similar tuitions, and several with higher tuitions. I would assume the other major contributing factor for debt load would be cost of living. If this is the case, I'm not sure why UNE would rate so high-I got the impression that the cost of living was quite low in the Biddeford region.

So since UNE's tuition is comparable to many other schools, and the cost of living is not particularly high, can anyone explain why the debt load is consistently the highest in the nation? Thanks.
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Given your knowledge of AZCOM, I can only imagine this is partially referencing both MWU campuses whose current tuitions alone are higher than UNECOM's 2011/12 tuition and fees provided on its website. I'm assuming the ranking is going off of the 2011 CIB numbers (granted, if that's the case I also don't understand why they didn't include a number of schools, like the MWU's, whose debt-loads are listed there but not in the rankings). Rest assured though, next year's will definitely have UNECOM unseated if they include all of the schools because if you dig through the 2012 CIB, you'll find that UNECOM's is $213,441 for 2010ers, while AZCOM's is $215,798, and CCOM's is even more ridiculous (which I'll partially attribute to CoL) at $227,552. I'm sure there are probably another couple of schools as high or higher than these also, so in all reality, DO schools will likely own at least 8 if not all 10 of the top 10 spots.

So just checked, and in the 2012 CIB KCUMB is ~$214k and NSU's is $290k (I'm confused about this one because that's nearly a $100k jump from the number listed for NSU in the 2011 CIB).
 
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randomusername said:
Given your knowledge of AZCOM, I can only imagine this is partially referencing both MWU campuses whose current tuitions alone are higher than UNECOM's 2011/12 tuition and fees provided on its website. I'm assuming the ranking is going off of the 2011 CIB numbers (granted, if that's the case I also don't understand why they didn't include a number of schools, like the MWU's, whose debt-loads are listed there but not in the rankings). Rest assured though, next year's will definitely have UNECOM unseated if they include all of the schools because if you dig through the 2012 CIB, you'll find that UNECOM's is $213,441 for 2010ers, while AZCOM's is $215,798, and CCOM's is even more ridiculous (which I'll partially attribute to CoL) at $227,552. I'm sure there are probably another couple of schools as high or higher than these also, so in all reality, DO schools will likely own at least 8 if not all 10 of the top 10 spots.

So just checked, and in the 2012 CIB KCUMB is ~$214k and NSU's is $290k (I'm confused about this one because that's nearly a $100k jump from the number listed for NSU in the 2011 CIB).
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Yes, this is essentially what I am getting at. Both AZCOM and CCOM have higher tuitions than UNECOM, plus I am fairly certain that the cost of living in Chicago would be higher than in rural Maine. So why are schools like Midwestern and a few others not included in the "highest debt load" category?

Everyone loves to quote UNECOM as having the highest debt load, but it seems that this really isn't the case.
 
theone1979 said:
Yes, this is essentially what I am getting at. Both AZCOM and CCOM have higher tuitions than UNECOM, plus I am fairly certain that the cost of living in Chicago would be higher than in rural Maine. So why are schools like Midwestern and a few others not included in the "highest debt load" category?

Everyone loves to quote UNECOM as having the highest debt load, but it seems that this really isn't the case.
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I had a theory but I don't know how valid you guys think it is...UNE most likely has one of the highest population of non-trads for every batch of matriculants. Non-trads usually = have family (wife and kids) and other responsibilities. This may lead to taking out more loans to get through school and thus the higher debt burden and not necessarily just tuition...catch my drift?

The cost of living in Maine is definitely cheap by most standards.
 
randomusername said:
So just checked, and in the 2012 CIB KCUMB is ~$214k and NSU's is $290k (I'm confused about this one because that's nearly a $100k jump from the number listed for NSU in the 2011 CIB).
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Woah! That is a huuuuge difference. I'm guessing that is probably cost of living. When I was down there the rental properties were on average $500 more than KC, MO. However, if you run those numbers, that equals 6k/year more * 4 years = $24k difference...

My guess is that more people go for a combined degree at Nova, or they have fewer Military, or some combination of all of these factors.

dunaa said:
I had a theory but I don't know how valid you guys think it is...UNE most likely has one of the highest population of non-trads for every batch of matriculants. Non-trads usually = have family (wife and kids) and other responsibilities. This may lead to taking out more loans to get through school and thus the higher debt burden and not necessarily just tuition...catch my drift?

The cost of living in Maine is definitely cheap by most standards.
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That's an interesting point, how many more non-trads does UNECOM usually matriculate than other schools?
 
I reiterate. Maine, so far, has been by FAR and away the most expensive place I've lived out of 6 other states.

UNE has no scholarships. You get loans. If you do loans for the COL, it's now over $70K each year. And goes up 6% every year. EVERY YEAR. My UNE loans alone were $289,000. Without interest added on. That's principle only. (fortunately my undergrad loans were only $17,000). And no, I got no extra private loans over COL.
 
ShyRem said:
I reiterate. Maine, so far, has been by FAR and away the most expensive place I've lived out of 6 other states.

UNE has no scholarships. You get loans. If you do loans for the COL, it's now over $70K each year. And goes up 6% every year. EVERY YEAR. My UNE loans alone were $289,000. Without interest added on. That's principle only. (fortunately my undergrad loans were only $17,000). And no, I got no extra private loans over COL.
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What makes Maine so much more expensive than the other places? Is it food/gas/necessities or rental costs? I am curious because typically rural places tend to have low rent/housing costs, but the other stuff can kill you... Just curious. Also, from what I am seeing the total indebtedness seems on par or lower than Allo schools in general. My friend graduated from UMN and had ~220k in debt, which is about the same as the DO schools, and that was in-state tuition.
 
If schools don't report tuition does the book just assume it hasn't changed? PNWUs went from 42k (2010) to 43.5k (2011).
 
I'm still confused about why UNECOM has the highest debt load (though Dunnaa, you might be on to something with your theory)

Shyrem-I know you say that you have found Maine to have a high cost of living, but surely it cannot compare to the cost of living in big cities (such as Chicago). I live in a suburb of NY right now and pay $1700 a month for a small one bedroom. If I wanted to actually live IN NYC, it would be impossible to find a 200 sqaure foot studio for less than $2000 per month.

So surely many of these other schools with tuitions comparable to that of UNECOM's must have higher costs of living. Rural Maine may be expensive relative to the previous places you have lived, but surely it is not expensive relative to major cities and their suburbs. Right??
 
theone1979 said:
I'm still confused about why UNECOM has the highest debt load (though Dunnaa, you might be on to something with your theory)

Shyrem-I know you say that you have found Maine to have a high cost of living, but surely it cannot compare to the cost of living in big cities (such as Chicago). I live in a suburb of NY right now and pay $1700 a month for a small one bedroom. If I wanted to actually live IN NYC, it would be impossible to find a 200 sqaure foot studio for less than $2000 per month.

So surely many of these other schools with tuitions comparable to that of UNECOM's must have higher costs of living. Rural Maine may be expensive relative to the previous places you have lived, but surely it is not expensive relative to major cities and their suburbs. Right??
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It's certainly not because of rent...

http://maine.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=Portland&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=&bedrooms=
 
MightyMoose said:
It's certainly not because of rent...

http://maine.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=Portland&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=&bedrooms=
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Exactly, which is basically why I am so confused about the UNECOM issue.

There are several schools with similar tuitions and even a few with higher tuition and most of these schools are in areas of the country where housing is much more expensive....so why does UNECOM still rate highest in debt load? Wouldn't it stand to reason that equal or higher tuition + higher rent and cost of living= higher debt load?
 
theone1979 said:
Exactly, which is basically why I am so confused about the UNECOM issue.

There are several schools with similar tuitions and even a few with higher tuition and most of these schools are in areas of the country where housing is much more expensive....so why does UNECOM still rate highest in debt load? Wouldn't it stand to reason that equal or higher tuition + higher rent and cost of living= higher debt load?
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Definitely. However, one thing I noticed on the interview trail during the financial aid presentations was the some financial aid offices run very tight calculations to minimize the debt, while others are more liberal with their calculations. So, it is entirely possible that they factor a larger % cost for all items under the cost of living assessment and thus allow a larger disbursement of funds. Nova is one school that comes to mind about being very liberal with their budgets. I never applied/interviewed at UNECOM, so I have no idea what their reasoning is, but I'm sure if you dig around on their financial aid website it will start to become more clear.

Edit: I was curious, so I did some digging on their website:

Tuition and Fees: $47,470 x 4 (assuming no increase in tuition) = $189,880
1st year equipment allowance: $1,500
1st year technology allowance: $2,000
Books and supplies: 1st year: $2,400
2nd year: $1500
3rd year:$720
4th year: $720
Rotation Expenses: 3rd year: $1,500
4th year: $1,800
COMLEX 1: $520
COMLEX 2: $520
COMLEX PE w/travel: $1,850
Total Equipment/Exams: $15,030

Ancillary Costs:

1st year (August- May)
Room and Board $12,000
Transportation /Travel costs $ 4,000
Personal/Misc $ 1,600
Total: $17,600
2nd year (August- May)
Room and Board $12,000
Transportation/Travel costs $ 4,000
Personal/Misc $ 1,600
Total: $17,600
3rd year (August - May)
Room and Board $12,000
Transportation/Travel costs $ 4,000
Personal/Misc $ 1,600
Total: $17,600

4rd year (June - May)
Room and Board $14,400
Transportation/Travel costs $ 4,800
Personal/Misc $ 1,920
Total: $22,120


Grand Total for 4 years assuming you take all the loans: $279,830
 
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theone1979 said:
Shyrem-I know you say that you have found Maine to have a high cost of living, but surely it cannot compare to the cost of living in big cities (such as Chicago). I live in a suburb of NY right now and pay $1700 a month for a small one bedroom. If I wanted to actually live IN NYC, it would be impossible to find a 200 sqaure foot studio for less than $2000 per month.
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😕

At TouroCOM lots of people pay $500-1000 for a bedroom that is shared, or $1000-1500 for a 1Br all to yourself- and that's in manhattan.
 
You should be aware that if you want an apartment/house near the school, most places in Biddeford are seasonal. During the summers they go for $5,000 A WEEK for a 2 BR place. No kidding. There were plenty of my fellow students who crashed on couches, etc. until after Labor Day when the seasonal rents were over.

If you want to live in Portland, I didn't think it was too far away, but some of my fellow classmates griped about the 30 minute (or 1 hour many days they said) commute each way.

A word of caution about looking at Craig's list, etc.: more than a few of the places listed there are not in good neighborhoods. If you want a decent place, a nice place, that will run you around $750 for a 1BR place. Parking may be extra. If you want a pet, those places are fewer and farther between.

Now on the other hand, if you don't mind living in a bad part of town, don't mind if your car gets vandalized, don't care about hearing gunfire, risk of being mugged, then sure you can find cheaper places to live.

And of course there are diamonds in the rough. And occassionally you'll find a really nice place for cheap. But really, lots of my classmates lived in places I would never ever consider living in. Absolutely disgusting. And I grew up poor, so it's not like I'm a rich snob. My "new" car is 15 years old.

As for the claim the nontrads are taking out more loans than the COA (and being a non-trad with children myself, I talked more with the other non-trads)- not a single classmate I knew of took out extra private loans above and beyond COA. It was just too cost-prohibitive.
 
You should be aware that if you want an apartment/house near the school, most places in Biddeford are seasonal. During the summers they go for $5,000 A WEEK for a 2 BR place. No kidding. There were plenty of my fellow students who crashed on couches, etc. until after Labor Day when the seasonal rents were over.

If you want to live in Portland, I didn't think it was too far away, but some of my fellow classmates griped about the 30 minute (or 1 hour many days they said) commute each way.

A word of caution about looking at Craig's list, etc.: more than a few of the places listed there are not in good neighborhoods. If you want a decent place, a nice place, that will run you around $750 for a 1BR place. Parking may be extra. If you want a pet, those places are fewer and farther between.

Now on the other hand, if you don't mind living in a bad part of town, don't mind if your car gets vandalized, don't care about hearing gunfire, risk of being mugged, then sure you can find cheaper places to live.

And of course there are diamonds in the rough. And occassionally you'll find a really nice place for cheap. But really, lots of my classmates lived in places I would never ever consider living in. Absolutely disgusting. And I grew up poor, so it's not like I'm a rich snob. My "new" car is 15 years old.

As for the claim the nontrads are taking out more loans than the COA (and being a non-trad with children myself, I talked more with the other non-trads)- not a single classmate I knew of took out extra private loans above and beyond COA. It was just too cost-prohibitive.
 
MightyMoose said:
Ancillary Costs:

1st year (August- May)
Room and Board $12,000
Transportation /Travel costs $ 4,000
Personal/Misc $ 1,600
Total: $17,600
2nd year (August- May)
Room and Board $12,000
Transportation/Travel costs $ 4,000
Personal/Misc $ 1,600
Total: $17,600
3rd year (August - May)
Room and Board $12,000
Transportation/Travel costs $ 4,000
Personal/Misc $ 1,600
Total: $17,600

4rd year (June - May)
Room and Board $14,400
Transportation/Travel costs $ 4,800
Personal/Misc $ 1,920
Total: $22,120


Grand Total for 4 years assuming you take all the loans: $279,830
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Not that I know any better, but shouldn't 3rd and 4th years differ drastically from the first two in terms of how much money you spent? I just imagine having to move for rotations, etc.
 
dannydickman said:
Not that I know any better, but shouldn't 3rd and 4th years differ drastically from the first two in terms of how much money you spent? I just imagine having to move for rotations, etc.
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I'm not all that familiar with UNECOM, but it's possible that the third year sites are all by the school, so travel isn't really anticipated. They did increase the financial aid for 4th year by about ~$4,500.
 
The quoted tuition of $42K for PNWU is wrong. It was $44,650 this year and I imagine they will jack it another 5+% for next year.
 
Limvostov said:
The quoted tuition of $42K for PNWU is wrong. It was $44,650 this year and I imagine they will jack it another 5+% for next year.
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One reason I did not attend.

When I applied, the listed tuition was 30K. When I went in and interviewed, they said "Oh hey, by the way we're jacking that by 15K/year and probably more in the future."
I wasn't about to pay that much to live in Yakima.
 
Since, the tuition keeps going up every year, are the doctors salaries also increasing every year?
 
LesBois88 said:
One reason I did not attend.

When I applied, the listed tuition was 30K. When I went in and interviewed, they said "Oh hey, by the way we're jacking that by 15K/year and probably more in the future."
I wasn't about to pay that much to live in Yakima.
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The tuition there was the main reason I turned down an acceptance as well. I was sooo excited when the school opened 3 years ago and the tuition was a reasonable 30k. Instead I'll now be flying to the other side of the country and saving a minimum of 60k on tuition alone.

Western-Lebonanon was another NW I was excited about, until I realized the brand new school was starting their tution at the same price as the Pomona campus.
 
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thegame11 said:
Since, the tuition keeps going up every year, are the doctors salaries also increasing every year?
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Shoot no. The government and insurance companies are always trying to push reimbursements down.
 
dannydickman said:
Done and done. I live in the pacific northwest, and good lord, this doesn't look good at all.
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I'm from Boise as well, at least for 3 more months. It was hard to make the decision to drag the wife across the U.S. but I didn't find the DO schools in the NW worth the price of admission.
 
73K for MSU OOS Tuition 😱. Say the CoA is 80k (probably lowballing it), 320K for 4 years! To make it even worse, a majority of that would be Graduate Plus Loans with a 4% origination fee and 7.9% A.P.R while in school. I know people always defend MSU and say that they have all these scholarships for OOSer's (which I've never seen evidence for), but even with scholarships, that's ridiculous.
 
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