<p>In the United States, which degree receives the most benefits in terms of finding a job, salary, etc</p>
<p>US MD≥US DO>>NP (for states allowing independent practice)>>>>>>>>>>>>>Carib/FMG MD</p>
<p>I would qualify that NP>>>>Carib comment. I suppose this could be true if you are comparing a Carib student entering school, as often 30-50% of those students fail out, while most NP students make it through. But for the Carib student that makes it out and into a US residency (however rare), they aren’t really going to be discriminated against. Sure there may be a slight stigma, but in terms of practice rights at that level of residency and for attendings in any given specialty/program, US MD = US DO = Carib MD.</p>
<p>regardless, i do agree that DO >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Carib</p>
<p>MD and DO have equal rights to practice as physicians in the USA. Pay depends on their own merit on an individual level.</p>
<p>It seemed when I was looking that the US DO schools in general had higher tuition, which means that if you’re taking out loans to pay for school (i.e. pretty much all medical students in the US), you might have a bit less to pay off at an MD school.</p>
<p>DO schools don’t have higher tuition than MD schools, unless you are specifically comparing a private DO school with a state MD.</p>
<p>Yeah, Opie, the tuition levels aren’t really all that different. The one thing that is different about DO schools is that their deposits to hold a spot in the next class can be exorbitant - usually into the thousands of dollars - whereas most MD schools charge maybe 100-200 dollars as a deposit.</p>
<p>DO still gets a fair bit of bias in residency matching/jobs.</p>
<p>At this point, there is little difference. Ten years ago, maybe</p>