Reasonable cost
Today, Maine is ranked 49th in the nation in numbers of students applying to medical schools, in large part due to financial barriers. Without an allopathic medical school within the state of Maine, potential medical students need to leave the state to study. This is an expensive endeavor. Students are subjected to extremely high out-of-state tuition, leaving them with substantial debt upon graduation. This financial burden is forcing many new doctors into higher paying specialties and away from primary care, where the need is the greatest.

Both MMC and Tufts are committed to aggressively pursuing support that will allow Maine students to attend without an unusual financial hardship. Scholarships provided through grant support, philanthropy, and state funding are critical to subsidizing the tuition for their success.

Our goal:
Maine students will pay a cost for their medical education comparable to in-state tuition for a regional medical school at a public university, typically half of the out-of-state burden. This would be a savings of roughly $100,000 per student over the four years of their medical school education.