Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine - Tuition Free

https://medschool.kp.org/education

Tuition-free.

Class size is 48.

Tuition waived for the first 5 classes
"Tuition will be waived for students in the first 5 classes (entering from 2020 to 2024) for all 4 years of their medical education. By eliminating tuition for these classes, the school hopes to remove financial obstacles that may discourage many qualified candidates from applying, while giving admitted students the freedom to choose how and where they want to practice medicine.

“So many students come into medical school wanting to work in underserved communities or go into primary care, and then move away from their original goals once they really understand the impact of their debt, which averages about $200,000 and can reach up to $400,000,” said Dr. Schuster. “We want to create an environment where students can make decisions based on where their hearts are rather than on debt"

This is not a DL program, location from what I read is in sunny Southern CA.

 

Not sure if I understood corectly.
I think that the first 5 classes to be 48(students per class) x 5 = 240 students will have tuition-free 4 years traditional MD program.
Maybe similar to the Howard University 4 year MD program?

 

Sounds like they want to "grow some funk of your own, amigo." (Apologies to B. Taupin)

 

The bigger picture, in my opinion, is that it allows people to genuinely pursue the type of practice they feel would best serve the population. With current costs and significant medical debt, more and more grads are forced into specializations that -frankly- pay the bills. It's simply impossible for someone with student loan debt more than a mortgage to go into family practice, public health, community medicine, etc.
This is good

 

Certainly a good start. As a debt load to income ratio, the medical field appears to be inline with other degree programs.