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.
As of May 2015, the cost of online classes at the College of Western Idaho, or CWI, is $136 per credit, plus a $10 per credit hour online learning fee. The cost of taking a CWI class online is the same as the in-state cost for an on-campus course. Students just have to pay an additional online learning fee.