Training. Residencies in internal medicine are 3 years long which is the same for most of the other primary care specialties as well. The benefit of internal medicine over the other primary care specialties is that there are much more fellowships for you to specialize in afterwards.
That means that a full online degree, including textbooks and other supplies needed, will probably require an investment of about $7,500 per semester, or about $30,000 total. Certificate programs, even at a fairly high professional level, can cost less because they involve fewer courses.
Approximately 500 students in this adult and. continuing education program enroll in online courses each year, and 95% of those courses are in the. general studies core curriculum. SixtyÂ­three percent of the adult learners are female and 31% of these. students African American. The average online student is 35 years old, works full time and earns a. yearly income of about $36,000. Responses were evalua ted from 150 students enrolled in the online courses of interest during the study.