Her generous gift ensures no student of thecollege, located in the Bronx, has to pay tuition again.
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It also has a high rate of premature deaths compared to other parts of the country.
Ruthsdonationis the largest made to a medical school,according to the college.
In 1968, she joined Einsteins Childrens Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center and developed screening and treatments for learning problems.
She started the first-of-its-kind Adult Literacy Program at the center in 1992, as perNBC.
I hope hes smiling and not frowning, Ruth said.
The annual tuition to attend Albert Einstein College of Medicines M.D.
The annual tuition to attend Albert Einstein College of Medicines M.D.
program is $59,458, the colleges financial aidsite states.
Meanwhile,the averagemedical school debtin the U.S. is $202,453, excluding undergraduate debt.
Einstein isnt the first medical school to eliminate tuition.
People celebrated Ruth for her life-changing contribution to medical school students
