Wow, good article. In a way (from a financial point of view), going to medical school is taking a bet. If you end up in certain well paid specialties (dermato

Wow, good article. In a way (from a financial point of view), going to medical school is taking a bet. If you end up in certain well paid specialties (dermatology, radiology, etc), you can have a remarkable salary without a bad work schedule. Emergency medicine is also a good choice. Problem is, you have to go through med school and run up that debt before you know if you'll be getting one of those residencies. While the article is positive about nursing and PA, I actually think the article underplays the possible compensation in these fields. Check out US News Best Jobs and look at compensation for nurses and Pas in high cost regions. In SF, the median salary for nurses is $127,670 a year! PA's tend to make a bit more. Certain nursing specialties (such as anesthesiology) are also very well compensated, often above GP physician levels, though these specialties do require a lot of training. Actually, in SF dental hygienists earn at the median 112k a year. Just for comparison, software developers at the median in SF earn 114k a year.