How is it that doctors only graduate with 160k debt average? Tuition+living expenses?

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<p>Tuition for most medical schools is like 50k a year. Living expenses, if cut to a minimum would average about 15k a year. That's 65k a year. That times 4= 260k. How come most doctors graduate with 160k debt, not 260k? I don't get it, where do they get the extra 100k to pay for expenses... I thought medical schools don't really give out scholarships?</p>

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<p>I’ve read that the average figure you’re referring to includes students who graduate with $0 debt. Thus, in reality, most students can expect to end up in more debt than is reported by the medical school.</p>

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<p>That number is an average. In reality there is public versus private, high cost of living places versus a local who lives with their parents. Also, there are some school or local scholarship awards. Some will have more, some less, it’s an average.</p>

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<p>For many, the trick is ‘Bank of mom and Dad.’</p>

<p>Between MS0 (e.g. preorientation/orientation) and MS 1, DS said some students could go to bar almost every night. Very soon, DS decided not to join this activity as he really does not have such a deep pocket.</p>