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Notice anything odd about the post I put up yesterday about the 

 med school being the third most expensive for first-year in-state students?

A decade ago, they used to be right near each other.

Look at the American Association of Medical Colleges chart above. (I'm using this data because it reaches back more than a decade. The numbers don't appear to be too far off U.S. News'.)

of the most expensive public medical schools for first-year, in-state students, Wisconsin was third most expensive at just over $20,100 a year for tuition and fees. Minnesota was right nearby at fifth place with about $19,430.

Minnesota has risen one notch in the rankings with just 

And Wisconsin? With tuition and fees having risen to just 

, the median figure for the group was about $12,400, which put both state's med schools quite above the norm. 

 however, that figure was about $30,750, putting the U far above the median and Wisconsin a good bit 

(Thanks to MPR's Paul Tosto for the tip-off.)

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Notice anything odd about the post I put up yesterday about the University of Minnesota’s med school being the third most expensive for first-year in-state students? Where was the University of Wisconsin? A decade ago, they used to be right near each other. Look at the American Association of Medical Colleges chart above. (I’m using…

A decade's comparison of UMN, Wisconsin med school costs

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