I want to become an anesthesiologist, how much would I expect to pay for the schooling?

Question

I want to be an anesthesiologist, and I know that I have to go to a 4 year college to qualify for medical school, then I have to take another 4 years in med school. Then after I have to take a 4 year internship. But I was wondering how much it would cost a year. Will it change when I switch schools?

Answer 1

The cost is highly variable depending on which schools you attend. State schools are much cheaper than private schools and the same applies to medical school. You get paid during residency (though not enough) so that does not apply.

Figure $4000 per year for state schools plus about $1000 per year for books for the undergraduate program at a state school and approximately $18000 per year for tuition at a private school (books are about the same)

Medical school
FIgure on $40,000 at the average state medical school and over $ 80,000 at a private medical school per year.

So $20-76K for undergrad (not including room & board)
and $160-320K for med school.

These are current costs and may not relect an estimate of costs when you attend.

Answer 2

Anesthesiologist Schooling Cost

Answer 3

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Only 20% of people who apply to Med School get accepted (not 20% of people who start pre-Med - most people don't make it past Organic Chemistry, or get high enough scores on the MCAT to even bother applying). Of those who are accepted, very few fail out of the program (less than 10%) because the standards and competition are so high to begin with. The average accepted GPA for all Med Schools in the US is about 3.7 (it's 3.85 for research universities), and the average MCAT is usually around 34 (90th percentile). Med Schools also look for leadership experience and research experience. Your volunteer time is a good start, but you'll want to round it out with some other involvements once you're in college. As far as what Med School is like - the first couple years you have 40 hours of lecture + lab each week, and that's not enough time to get through all the course material. So, in your spare time, you study any material that you don't get through in class, and review all the material. There's a final exam every few weeks. The last 2 years, you do clinical rotations (60 hours a week working for a department in a hospital), then take a final exam on the clinical knowledge for that department (ie, Kinesiology, Cardiology, Pediatrics, etc). You self-study for the exam, and use your clinical rotations to get letters of recommendation for your residency applications. In all, I would expect to spend 80 hours on school work most of those years (depending on how effectively you study). When you're not working on school work, you will be studying for the USMLE exams. Once you complete Med School, you should know that less than 3% of students successfully match to an Anesthesiology Residency program. If you are not willing to enter any specialty other than Anesthesiology, Med School is going to be a risk for you. Consider whether you would really be willing to enter a less competitive specialty (like Pediatrics, or Internal Medicine) before committing to the Med School path. The other way to become involved in Anesthesia is to become a CRNA (Nurse Anesthetist). You would get your BSN, work for a few years once you graduate, and then apply to a Master's program to get your CRNA designation. It takes less time than Med School + Residency, and it pays better than almost any non-MD option in the Medical Field (in some places, a CRNA makes about as much as a Pediatrician).