Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt

Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by rayiner on Saturday April 13, 2013 @07:10PM (#5545061)

Bernanke is a career academic. What would make you think he's particularly wealthy?

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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by antidaily on Saturday April 13, 2013 @07:25PM (#5545099)

My thought too. Even Ben Bernanke. His salary is 180k. Good but not enough to spend 50k a year on med school most likely.

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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by Gravityloss on Saturday April 13, 2013 @09:08PM (#5545400)

That's something like 1.6 years salary (assuming 6 years of med school)? Seems quite cheap, compared to something like an apartment...

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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by rayiner on Saturday April 13, 2013 @09:50PM (#5545507)

Med school is 4 years at around $65,000 per year (post tax obviously). $180,000 per year post tax is $105,000. So that's 60% of his after-tax income for four years.

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