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>> look, the surprise free tuition announcement was made during the ceremonial white coat ceremony where 93 first year new york university medical students were given their white lab coats for the first time. this was their reaction. [cheers and applause] >> yeah, you better stand up. that's free tuition. incredible. students at nyu will no longer have to pay the annual tuition of $55,000 a year. the average nyu student graduated medical school with $184,000 of debt. nyu says not charging for tuition is a moral imperative that will diversify the pool of doctors and encourage more people to pra...

>> look, the surprise free tuition announcement was made during the ceremonial white coat ceremony where 93 first year new york university medical students were given their white lab coats for the first time. this was their reaction. [cheers and applause] >> yeah, you better stand up. that's free tuition. incredible. students at nyu will no longer have to pay the annual tuition of $55,000 a year. the average nyu student graduated medical school with $184,000 of debt. nyu says not charging for tuition is a moral imperative that will diversify the pool of doctors and encourage more people to pra...

Rachel? rachel: thank you, todd. country. he happens to be a very good person. a doctor shortage is fast >> the expression i used the other day was inartful. approaching as more doctors are saddled with student loan debt. to come bat of course america is great. >> he is going to walk away this, nyu has become the from this experience sorry first college to announce for being so bad at free tuition for all medical politics. students. now, is this the right >> this 100-year-old veteran approach? here to tell success and his friends put together dr. marc siegel fox news 100 letters from people al...

Though, to the students reaction, if you look at the video, if i got free tuition i think it would be running like my hair is on fire. i think they are pretty tamed for free tuition, incredible, though. great for them. >> i have to say, i'm with you. [laughter] >> i'm still paying back law school loans, absolutely. >> crazy, the average medical student in the country has $192,000 in debt, so good for them. >> absolutely, we certainly need more doctors, so thank you for that report, bryan. >> that does it for us, we will be back at 4:00 p.m. for more news. >> the journal editorial report is up ...

Medicine. look at their reaction when they are told. [cheers and applause] >> incredible. why are they smiling so much? well, look, it costs about $55,000 a year to go to nyu. the average nyu student graduates with $184,000 in debt. so now they're being told they have no longer -- will need to pay for tuition -- they no longer will need to pay for tuition. take a listen to one of our doctors here, as to why this is such an important program. >> the association of american medical colleges says that most graduating medical students come out $192,000 in debt. if you don't think that that influen...