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Couldn't We Have 200 Medical Schools Instead?

Source: CARPE DIEM

Jul 16, 2008

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Associated Press -- The United States last week became the world's first nation of 200 accredited law schools, as the American Bar Association gave provisional approval to two North Carolina institutions.

In other countries, it's much harder to become a lawyer. In the United States, the doors are open and getting wider. The 150,000 students enrolled in law schools last year were an all-time high.

MP: In 1963, there were only 135 law schools in the U.S. (data here), so the increase to 200 today represents almost a 50% increase over the last 45 years in the number of U.S. law schools.

Unfortunately, we've witnessed exactly the opposite trend in the number of medical schools. There are 129 medical schools in the U.S. (data here), which is less than the number of medical schools 100 years ago (166), even though the U.S. population has increased by 300%. Consider also that the number of medical students in the U.S. has remained constant at 67,000 for at least the period between 1994 and 2005, according to this report, and perhaps much longer.

The charts below tell an ...Read the full article

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