Temple (LKSOM) vs. Tufts

[Happy Duck]

Interested in earning my MD/MPH and working in an urban environment, likely as an ED physician.

Temple
Pros:

• Cheaper tuition
• Philadelphia is good distance from where the rest of my family is
• Have a lot of good research opportunities for things like health disparities/health policy (although it is within the department of Urban Bioethics, so IDK if I could be involved if I'm not getting that degree).

Cons:

• Step-out year for the MPH is after second year (a lot of schools do it after third, which seems to make more sense)
• Unsure about the reputation of Temple or quality of clinical sites

Tufts
Pros:

• MD/MPH program is still only four years, so no extra time needed.
• Slightly higher ranking/better reputation than Temple

Cons:

• Super expensive (five years at Temple is probably still cheaper than four years at Tufts)
• A little far from my family
• Unsure of the public health research opportunities (website says page can't be found)

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[Bryant088]

Public health is actually a strength of Tufts. The difference in tuition is negligible here, although cost of living in Philly will be cheaper. Temple has an outstanding EM program, so that's something to consider as well if you're really interested. Both great schools but overall I would lean towards Tufts.

 

[Kingsmen2018]

Both pretty decent but I would go tufts. Save yourself a year, which means a year closer to at least a 250k+ salary. No brainer for me given ur circumstances that tufts is the way to go