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A4 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2014 GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXASTHE DAILY NEWS
LOCAL
You’ve started college this year and after getting your undergraduate degree, you say you want to become a
DOCTOR?(or any other high-paid health care professional)
Anesthesiologist$431,977
Surgeon$367,885
Obstetrics/ gynecologist
$301,737
Internist $224,110
Psychiatrist $220,252
Pediatrician$216,069
Family practitioner
$207,117
Dentist$149,310
Podiatrist$116,440
Nurse practitioner
$92,670
Physician assistant $90,930
All require a doctoral
degree except a
physician assistant
and nurse
practitioner, which
require master’s degrees
Median salaries in 2012
in the United States.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics
It’s harder – and costlier – than you might think
Information
The American Medi-cal Student Asso-ciation offers advice for undergraduates who are thinking about pursuing a medical degree in a guide written by its members.
Tuition at UTMB
This year’s tuition at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Nurse practi-tioner and other graduate programs are based upon 9 credit hours.
$17,050 PER YEARMedical school/doctors
$4,008 PER SEMESTERNurse practitioners
$3,277 PER SEMESTERPhysical assistant
and doctor of physical therapy
$2,614 PER SEMESTERClinical lab science, nutrition
and occupational therapy
SOURCE: University of Texas System SOURCES: University of Texas System and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
UT system’s other graduate program’s tuition
$31,324Dentist
(UT Health Science Center — Houston
$33,162Lawyer
(University of TexasSchool of Law)
$33,298MBA
(McCombs Schoolof Business)
Median salary: $114,300
Median salary: $149,310
Median salary: $90,000 to $120,000
Getting into UTMB graduate programs
Medical school
Applicants Number admitted
4,035
230
5% admitted
School of Nursing
School of Health Professionals
657
221
34% admitted
2,280
249
12% admitted
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
205
65
32% admitted
NOTES: School of Health Professionals includes programs in clinical laboratory sciences, occupational therapy, physical therapy and physician assistant. The School of Nursing includes nurse practitioner and other nursing programs.
SOURCES: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and Individual schools.
(unofficial estimates as of August. Prepared by the UTMB Office of Institutional Effectiveness)
The time and financial com-
mitment involved in this pursuit can be staggering. Most students accumu-late a large amount of debt while in medical school. This debt, coupled with four years of train-ing and a variable number of years spent in residency training, can seem daunting. Yet with confidence and motivation, these will appear only secondary in im-portance when you consider what you are gaining in the long run.”
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The American Acad-emy of Physician As-sistants’ website, PAs Connect, provides a general overview of the steps to get ac-cepted into a gradu-ate program.
How to Become a PA | www.pasconnect.org.
‘Charting a Course to Medical School: The AMSA Map for Success | the full report can be read by going to www.amsa.org and going the Education & Career Development section.
The American Asso-ciation of Nurse Prac-titioner’s website has a nurse practitioners resources section.
Planning Your NP Education | www.aanp.org and click on Student Resource Center under the Education tab.
The American Physi-cal Therapy Associa-tion has a Student Assembly that “was established to repre-sent the concerns of students throughout the country in our evolving health care system.”
American Physical Therapy Association Student assembly | www.apta.org/studentassembly
The American So-ciety for Clinical Laboratory Science student center.
ASCLS website | www.ascls.org/student-center-ascls
Information on job predictions.
Bureau of Labor Statistic | • www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/home.htm• www.bls.gov/ooh/fastest-growing.htm.