Trouble Picking which Degree to Go For! - Any advice?

[Duneranger]

Okay, 99% of people. My brother started at at 250k a year and got loan repayment as a bonus. My friend started out at 310k plus bonus. It paid off.

The vast majority of people finish and pass. People who don’t either refused to put in the work or had extenuating circumstances.

People will always complain about loans.

That's fine for a well paying specialty in a big city, but what about general practitioners in small towns? These ridiculous costs are part of why we have to import doctors...and part of why the cost of health care just keeps going up and up.

What I don't understand is why you seem to think that huge prices for medical school is noble in some way.

Rural pay is often the highest. You should see the locums rates. The pay I stated isn’t uncommon. Rural/Indian/VA loan repayment and PSLF are also generous. 

I never said the costs were a good thing or any of what you suggest . But due to the resource intensive aspect of medical school, they are always going to be more expensive to some degree. I never said the insane costs are a good thing.

Medical schools and accreditation bodies gatekeep the amount of new grads. That’s on them. PA and NPs fill the gaps in a lot of primary care areas. Salaries are not the reason why medical costs are high I assure you of that. You can thank insurance/billing and medical pharma/equipment companies for that.