How many U.S. MD med schools ARE there?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p><a href="http://services.aamc.org/memberlistings/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.search&search_type=MS&wildcard_criteria=&state_criteria=CNT%3AUSA&image=Search%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://services.aamc.org/memberlistings/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.search&search_type=MS&wildcard_criteria=&state_criteria=CNT%3AUSA&image=Search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The AAMC only lists 125 accredited M.D. schools on this website. Is that it though?</p>

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<p>DO programs also - I don't know how many there are; maybe 15-20?</p>

<p>But yes, only the 125/126 MD granting programs.</p>

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<p>It's a common belief that the number of medical schools is carefully limited by the AMA to restrict the supply of physicians. Lower supply --> higher demand --> bigger income.</p>

<p>There isn't a shred of real evidence ("it's not about limiting supply -- it's about quality of service"), but I dunno...</p>

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<p>"Including branch campuses, the United States has a total of 126 allopathic medical schools and 23 osteopathic schools. There are six states with no allopathic medical schools: Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Maine (which has an osteopathic school), Montana, and Wyoming"</p>

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<p>The AMA created shortage is w/o any doubt about quality but very much about income as well as prestige - as american trained MDs have huge advantages over foreign trained doctors</p>

<p>Think about it -who wants a surgeon cutting you up and having him or her worried about their rent due at the end of the month?</p>

<p>It'ss bad enough that today some airline captains with the newer airlines are working at relative rock bottom wages - we don't want the same thing with high skilled doctors</p>