Becoming a doctor or nurse these days is expensive. My daughter has 10 months left to get her RN. She also has about $75K of student loans. A dentist she used to date had $200K in student loans. Health care professionals have to charge enough to pay off their education debts, and also establish their businesses and buy the tools of the trade. There isn’t anyway they can even break even under Obamacare.
Wow, that beats my balance by about $50K, but I had tuition assistance due to my husband’s military service. My degree was well worth the money, though.