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Financial Aid

Marshall Anthony
Associate Director of Financial Aid

The Financial Aid Office works with individual students to help them to finance their medical education. The staff has an open door policy and they encourage students to use them as resources. About 80% of our students receive some sort of financial assistance. Financial aid is awarded on the basis of evaluated need computed by an approved needs analysis method. Awards may consist of a package of loans and grants when funds are available. Scholarships are available for incoming students, some of which are renewable.

Tuition and fees for the 2005-2006 academic year are $21,390 and $3002. The tuition and fees for Robert Wood Johnson Medical School compare very favorably with those of other institutions in the Northeast.

Attending Robert Wood Johnson Medical School for four years will provide a student significant savings comparing all of the usual costs (e.g., tuition, fees and room and board). These savings currently range from $34,000 to $86,000 in contrast with the cost of a private four-year education in New York City (and this does not even take into account inflation and the consequent increases in savings for future years). Similarly, a four-year education at the private Philadelphia schools ranges between $73,000 and $80,000 and a private four-year medical education in New England ranges between $43,000 and $75,000 more than at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has a liberal policy for establishing residency that allows both in-state and out-of-state matriculants, who meet requirements of car registration and a lease for upcoming residence in the state, to enjoy this tuition advantage. This means that all students qualify for the above tuition and fees.

Richard Byrne, University of Pennsylvania graduate, Class of 2007 provides the student perspective. “I came to Robert Wood Johnson Medical School not only for its excellent reputation for producing top clinicians, but also to avoid much of the crushing debt that plagues many graduates of private institutions.”

Visit the UMDNJ Financial Aid site for a complete listing of resources.

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