<p>Baylor College of Medicine is ranked #13 in the country. It is private. It has nothing to do with Baylor University. All of its peers have tuitions that are over $30,000. But its tuition is only $6,550. It sounds too good to be true.</p>
<p>So how is it possible that it is so much cheaper than its peers? Anyone have any idea?</p>
<p>no one knows?</p>
<p>Tuition for Baylor if you are a Texas Resident is 6,500 (~16,000 with books and fees) and for out of state it is 19,650 (~29,000 with books and fees). I don't know if that clears anything up. I think some of the UCs that are ranked around Baylor are around 10,000 for tuition (i don't know how much all together). you are right though that for a school of that caliber, Baylor is quite cheap especially for a private university.</p>
<p>According to BCM, the reason why there is such a low tuition for Texas Residents is that BCM and Texas "entered into an agreement that allows BCM to offer legal residents of Texas the same tuition rate as state-supported medical schools." </p>
<p>Basically, you're attending a private med school at the price of a public medical school.</p>
<p>That's pretty fantastic, considering that the tuition at most private medical schools (resident) is $30,748 vs. $6,550 at BCM. Of course, that's not including books and fees.</p>
<p>Even for out of state students, $19,659 is wonderful compared to $32,291, which is the average tuition for non-resident private medical school students.</p>
<p>I hope that helped. Med School is still 4 years from now, so prices will go up.</p>
<p>yea. i understand its pretty selective. but im going to Rice for undergrad, and if i could just walk across the street and pay a cheaper price, that would be awesome.</p>