Monday, February 25, 2013

"High Debt and Falling Demand Trap New Vets"

NYT:
the cost of vet school has far outpaced the rate of inflation

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But starting salaries have sunk by about 13 percent during the same 10-year period, in inflation-adjusted terms, to $45,575 a year

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Today, the ratio of debt to income for the average new vet is roughly double that of M.D.’s