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Your first question largely depends on what job you want/earn after graduation and in small part on your previous work experience (at least according to UMich and Columbia). This is generalized, but most fellowships are in the 45-60/65 k range. Consulting jobs will probably start higher. Some I've seen are in the 90-100k area. You could probably feel pretty comfortable setting that (45/50-100k) as a range, with outliers on either side.
Re: your IBR question. Check here: http://studentaid.ed.gov/repay-loans/understand/plans/income-based
Sorry if I sound naive why would one do a fellowship instead of getting a job? Will doing a fellowship improve chances of landing a job, a higher paying job or rollover into a permanent job? How does one get a fellowship? networking or the school helps you land one?
Thanks @JQH and @Chillbro Swaggins. Appreciate both of your clarifications.Career services offices at schools will help guide you through the fellowship process. Fellowships are beneficial for those who want to be in a hospital setting but do not yet have significant hospital exposure and work experience. They typically last from 1 to 2 years and you are exposed to all divisions within a hospital on a rotating basis. You work with high level executives and other people, and in many cases you're exposed to work so far up the ladder that you will not be exposed to it again until you're 15-20 years into your career.
The starting salary is lower (45-60K) but they either 1) turn into full time gigs or 2) allow you the flexibility to move to another hospital post fellowship. There is typically a big earnings jump between years 2 and 3 (typically you jump to 90-100K and then begin climbing the hospital executive ladder). Post fellowship you are extremely attractive to any number of employers, such as consulting firms, if you decide you don't want to be in a hospital.
If you decide early on that you do not want to be in a primary care setting (or you really like finance) you may take a gig with a consulting firm or a big health insurance company. This is a good route too, but it's a little bit harder to go from consulting to hospital than it is for hospital to consulting. Starting salaries are much higher.
Both are good options, but some people are better fits for each path.
Career services offices at schools will help guide you through the fellowship process. Fellowships are beneficial for those who want to be in a hospital setting but do not yet have significant hospital exposure and work experience. They typically last from 1 to 2 years and you are exposed to all divisions within a hospital on a rotating basis. You work with high level executives and other people, and in many cases you're exposed to work so far up the ladder that you will not be exposed to it again until you're 15-20 years into your career.
The starting salary is lower (45-60K) but they either 1) turn into full time gigs or 2) allow you the flexibility to move to another hospital post fellowship. There is typically a big earnings jump between years 2 and 3 (typically you jump to 90-100K and then begin climbing the hospital executive ladder). Post fellowship you are extremely attractive to any number of employers, such as consulting firms, if you decide you don't want to be in a hospital.
If you decide early on that you do not want to be in a primary care setting (or you really like finance) you may take a gig with a consulting firm or a big health insurance company. This is a good route too, but it's a little bit harder to go from consulting to hospital than it is for hospital to consulting. Starting salaries are much higher.
Both are good options, but some people are better fits for each path.
Confirmed my admission at USC - MHA today..
Anyone else for USC?
What program are we talking about here?
Sorry if I sound naive why would one do a fellowship instead of getting a job? Will doing a fellowship improve chances of landing a job, a higher paying job or rollover into a permanent job? How does one get a fellowship? networking or the school helps you land one?
Career services offices at schools will help guide you through the fellowship process. Fellowships are beneficial for those who want to be in a hospital setting but do not yet have significant hospital exposure and work experience. They typically last from 1 to 2 years and you are exposed to all divisions within a hospital on a rotating basis. You work with high level executives and other people, and in many cases you're exposed to work so far up the ladder that you will not be exposed to it again until you're 15-20 years into your career.
The starting salary is lower (45-60K) but they either 1) turn into full time gigs or 2) allow you the flexibility to move to another hospital post fellowship. There is typically a big earnings jump between years 2 and 3 (typically you jump to 90-100K and then begin climbing the hospital executive ladder). Post fellowship you are extremely attractive to any number of employers, such as consulting firms, if you decide you don't want to be in a hospital.
If you decide early on that you do not want to be in a primary care setting (or you really like finance) you may take a gig with a consulting firm or a big health insurance company. This is a good route too, but it's a little bit harder to go from consulting to hospital than it is for hospital to consulting. Starting salaries are much higher.
Both are good options, but some people are better fits for each path.
Fellowships aren't available to international students as these hospitals do not sponsor visas. As an international student interested in working in the us after my MHA, what kind of opportunities should I be in the look out for?
I'm having a hard time choosing between the MPH/MBA program at Johns Hopkins and MHA at USC. I'm an international applicant and while brand name certainly matters (JH scores a perfect ten there), I wouldn't be foolish to trade better opportunity to work and grow professionally with a college brand name.
I have little information on the differences between healthcare systems in the East coast and the West and which among these two is more progressive.
Any insight on the same would be greatly appreciated!
Hi,
I think your best bet would be to get in touch with current international students at your preferred schools.
Is anyone looking at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor for its MHSA program? Did anyone commit and if so, why? If not, also why?
I haven't committed but most likely will. Honestly, I'm probably a little biased as I have quite a few friends who have graduated from there and have talked to a lot of current students. The price is definitely the biggest drawback for me, but the other schools I've considered are not much less. At the end of the day, a difference of 20K is worth it to me. I'm confident regarding job opportunities after school, especially with the number of companies that recruit there. The fact that you can take classes at Ross and other schools there is also a big plus.Is anyone looking at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor for its MHSA program? Did anyone commit and if so, why? If not, also why?
I know I'm definitely doing a fellowship, so I did a little research and found an interesting link about it:
http://www.ache.org/postgrad/compsurvey.cfm
It's 4 years old but still applicable.
Yeah, dude, odd.
I'm wondering if I should follow up with her or reach out to someone else. There's still a few weeks until April 15th, but considering the way the committee seems to work (meeting once or twice a month), I think I need to get a convo going asap.
Hey! Can everyone do me a favor? If you have been admitted to JHU but do not intend to go, tell them so hopefully me can get off the waitlist before April 14. Thanks!
To everyone accepted at Michigan HMP (MHSA or MPH), please join our Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MichiganHMP2016/ . me be a current student here and me be available for any questions. Join the group to connect wit yer future classmates! (P.S. You should have my email if you came for a visit day, so feel free to ask me questions through that method as well). me won't check this account often so please don't message me on here.
Yeah, dude, odd.
me be wonderin' if me should follow up wit her or reach out to someone else. thar's still a few weeks until April 15th, but considerin' the way the committee seems to work (meetin' once or twice a month), me think me need to get a convo goin' asap.
i just got 7500 $ per year scholarship from Columbia . . . makes my decision tougher !!
So Confused !!
i am an international student so i didn't qualify for the financial aid. I got a separate email from the financial aid office yesterday .Congrats! Did you get the scholarship as part of the financial aid package, or was it through a separate email?
For UNC, I was told that merit aid comes with your acceptance.Hey guys just got accepted to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA MHA program and also SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY MHA program. Can anybody who has already got in please tell me if they got financial aid packages along with their acceptance email from these universities ?
Hey guys just got accepted to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA MHA program and also SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY MHA program. Can anybody who has already got in please tell me if they got financial aid packages along with their acceptance email from these universities ?
me!Confirmed my admission at USC - MHA today..
Anyone else for USC?
Hi fellow MHA prospies! Would anyone spare their two cents on CMU's MS HCPM program?
I got in and liked its uniqueness from a traditional MPH/MHA - I'm also interested in consulting later on and seems like it has a good record of placing its graduates in the private sector. Could anyone comment further? The program's emergence in the management/data/IT aspect (where CMU's core strength lies) also seems appealing, but it's definitely a different experience from being in a public health school...
I probably applied to a few too many programs this year and am having a hard time deciding: Yale/Columbia/CMU/BU/Michigan/UNC/Minnesota... Cost-wise for me, Minnesota would be the cheapest, then CMU/UNC possibly. Any advice would help! Thanks in advance.
anyway we could get a facebook group going for students going to Cornell next fall?I am!
Career services offices at schools will help guide you through the fellowship process. Fellowships are beneficial for those who want to be in a hospital setting but do not yet have significant hospital exposure and work experience. They typically last from 1 to 2 years and you are exposed to all divisions within a hospital on a rotating basis. You work with high level executives and other people, and in many cases you're exposed to work so far up the ladder that you will not be exposed to it again until you're 15-20 years into your career.
The starting salary is lower (45-60K) but they either 1) turn into full time gigs or 2) allow you the flexibility to move to another hospital post fellowship. There is typically a big earnings jump between years 2 and 3 (typically you jump to 90-100K and then begin climbing the hospital executive ladder). Post fellowship you are extremely attractive to any number of employers, such as consulting firms, if you decide you don't want to be in a hospital.
If you decide early on that you do not want to be in a primary care setting (or you really like finance) you may take a gig with a consulting firm or a big health insurance company. This is a good route too, but it's a little bit harder to go from consulting to hospital than it is for hospital to consulting. Starting salaries are much higher.
Both are good options, but some people are better fits for each path.
do we know if there is one yet? I haven't seen one but that's an awesome ideaanyway we could get a facebook group going for students going to Cornell next fall?
Also, I'm trying to decide between Cornell and Rush. Anyone that can help persuade me one way or another? I'm from Chicago and want to eventually end up here, which is one of the main reasons why I'm hesitant to accept Cornell.
Did you get that super persuasive email they sent out the other day listing all the benefits of the program? I personally picked Cornell partially for hospital affiliations in NY but they made a huge point of how they have alumni in all different possible areas of employment and all throughout the country.
no idea... but we should somehow exchange contact infodo we know if there is one yet? I haven't seen one but that's an awesome idea