Commonwealth University College of Medicine - $18.5K (4 years total)

[bjcheung77]

Commonwealth University College of Medicine - $18.5K if you get 50% off tuition (yes, the entire 4 years, not just 1 year)

One time payment, you can get this for $37K flat for all 4 years as per their link: Commonwealth University College of Medicine | Saint Lucia Country in the Caribbean 

So, I was reviewing my previous list of Caribbean universities that have a medical school and came across a few newer ones that weren't on my list or ones I purposely didn't place on my list, but this one got me interested again in Caribbean Med Schools again.  It's geared for Indian nationals, but will accept others as well...  

Here's a thread with 4 links to my other threads in regards to Med Schools: ACSOM - Caribbean Medical School (New!)
Here's the spreadsheet that is referenced in some of the threads: Caribbean Med Schools - Google Sheets

[FireMedic_Philosopher]

BJ,

In any of your research have you come across cheap PA (physician assistant) programs ?

[bjcheung77]

For PA programs, I haven't, but did write about a couple I believe... One was a community college that offered the PA degree... Anyways, the recommendation is to do a search and compile your list from a few sites. For example, if Google gives you 5 sites with Top 10, 20, 30 PA programs and has it listed by price, you can create a spreadsheet of your own, to cross reference them and verify the pricing and sort it in a fashion you'd like to review... That's how I came up with my Caribbean list, I cleaned up the ones I didn't need or want to review...

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Here it is, the only community college in the US that has the Masters in PA. Here's the post/thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid354766 Hopefully, it's the cheapest option you're looking for. Link: https://www.rrcc.edu/academic-programs/p...-assistant

[SteveFoerster]

For those who want to be able to practice in North America, the variable with Caribbean medical schools is getting residencies. Longstanding institutions like St. George's and Ross and a few others are good at this. I would ask a lot of questions if I were considering a new school.

[bjcheung77]

And here's a competing medical school in Central/South America, it was even listed on the fees/scholarship page...  Anyways, the pricing is very similar, but you're in a different country, plus the accreditation, recognition, quality, are always going to be subjective to criticism. 

Lincoln American University at $45K: Lincoln American University: Tuition Fee & Scholarship

[Duneranger]

Caribbean med schools are almost always a terrible decision. Limited match potential, most are extremely expensive with massive attrition for a reason. I have worked with several Caribbean grad,uates and none of them recommend that pathway.

If you want to be a physician in the US, do it the right way,

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BJ,

In any of your research have you come across cheap PA (physician assistant) programs ?

They don't really exist, and the cheaper ones usually are in-state tuition only and require a few years of residency beforehand.

[SteveFoerster]

And here's a competing medical school in Central/South America, it was even listed on the fees/scholarship page...  Anyways, the pricing is very similar, but you're in a different country, plus the accreditation, recognition, quality, are always going to be subjective to criticism. 

Lincoln American University at $45K: Lincoln American University: Tuition Fee & Scholarship

LAU is in Guyana, which is nowhere near Central America. And while it's in South America geographically, it's an English-speaking country that's a member of Caricom and is culturally is in line with the rest of the English-speaking West Indies, not its Spanish-speaking neighbors. (Not that there's anything wrong with Spanish-speaking countries, of course.)

[degreedude80]

I would probably look onto Atlantic Bridge (Ireland) before going to a Caribbean school, assuming one wants to actually practice medicine