American medical school tuition is $40k-$70k a year, median monthly household income is about $6.5k. Meanwhile, median household income in Vietnam is actually closer to $650 a month; the population of households earning the lowest amount is quite high, but ~75% of Vietnamese households earn more than $400 a month.
But then, most US households aren't sending their kids to medical school in the US; the income of your average medical student's family is significantly higher than the median here. I'll assume the same is true in Vietnam. Though, if not, and doctors are instead coming from a much more representative sample of the population, good on them; it's better than we've managed.
The differences are colorful but seem to represent a front-loading of obstacles that the US medical education system spreads out on the back end. And there's no higher-earning market to try to get to from here in order to make the math work.
FWIW, the point here is not to lionize Vietnam's system, but to point out how embarrassing that there are any comparisons to be drawn at all between how their schools and one as "prestigious" as JHU operate. And, per the original post I replied to, there are.
But then, most US households aren't sending their kids to medical school in the US; the income of your average medical student's family is significantly higher than the median here. I'll assume the same is true in Vietnam. Though, if not, and doctors are instead coming from a much more representative sample of the population, good on them; it's better than we've managed.
The differences are colorful but seem to represent a front-loading of obstacles that the US medical education system spreads out on the back end. And there's no higher-earning market to try to get to from here in order to make the math work.
FWIW, the point here is not to lionize Vietnam's system, but to point out how embarrassing that there are any comparisons to be drawn at all between how their schools and one as "prestigious" as JHU operate. And, per the original post I replied to, there are.
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