How many years of schooling to become a physician?

Answer 1

The common path to practicing as a physician requires 8 years of education beyond high school and 3 to 8 additional years of internship and residency. All States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories license physicians.

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Answer 2

4 years of regular college education and then about 4 years of medical school.

Typically, it takes 4 years of medical school to earn the MD degree. Following that would be an internship of a year or two, and if you are going to be a specialist, a residency that can be from 2-8 years long, depending on the speciality. For example, the residency to be pediatrician may be only 3 years, while the residency to be a neurosurgeon may be 8. In some cases, more training after a residency can be done as a fellowship to gain experience in a subspeciality.