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South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa Top States for Doctors
Making the decision to become a doctor takes a lot of dedication, smarts, and - money. The average medical school debt is around $202,000 according to the Education Data Initiative. So doctors have a lot to consider when deciding where they want to pursue their profession.
Doctors are among the highest-paid professionals in the U.S., but as you can see, many of them begin their careers with a boatload of debt. So where they practice can be very important to their success and happiness.
Working in a better-quality hospital environment could help doctors avoid burnout and higher malpractice insurance prices.
Wallet Hub compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia in two major categories, Opportunity & Competition and Medical Environment Rank, to come up with their rankings of the Best and Worst States for Doctors.
Within those two categories, they examined things like physician burnout, average annual wages, hospitals per capita, current and projected competition, hospital safety, and more.
South Dakota is the second best state for doctors in the country, thanks to the high starting salaries and low-cost malpractice insurance rates, among other things. Also, there are 8.7 hospitals for every 100,000 residents.
Here is the list of TopTen Best States for Doctors:
- Montana
- South Dakota
- Nebraska
- Utah
- Indian
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Louisiana
To see this complete study go to Wallet Hub.
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