New York's Albert Einstein medical school students don't need to pay tuition fees - here's why
United States, and will see the almost $60,000 undiscounted annual tuition fee become zero. The school, and its affiliated hospital the Montefiore Medical Center, are located in the Bronx -- New York City's poorest borough, where health outcomes are some of the worst in the state, according to official statistics.
A clip of the announcement being made on campus, posted to social media, showed an auditorium of students reacting rapturously, cheering, screaming and applauding. "Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a transformational gift from Ruth L.
Gottesman, Ed.D., Chair of the Einstein Board of Trustees and Montefiore Health System board member," the organization said in a statement late Monday. "This historic gift -- the largest made to any medical school in the country -- will ensure that no student at Einstein will have to pay tuition again." All current fourth-year students will be reimbursed their spring 2024 semester fees and from August all future students will receive free tuition, the statement added.
Gottesman, 93, is a former clinical professor of pediatrics at Einstein and the wife of David Gottesman, a former Wall Street financier. They were significant donors to the school during his lifetime.Milestone Alert!
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