Internships - Ranking the shortlisted candidates..

By length of programme:

26 weeks - Iowa State University
26 weeks - University of Nevada
38 weeks (1 wk vacation) - Aramark (Metropolitan NY)
40 weeks (1 wk vacation) - Sodexho (NJ/ Philly)
45 weeks (1 wk vacation) - Harper (Detroit, Michigan)

By price of tuition (note if anything extraordinary is included!):

$2600 - Harper Hospital (Detroit, Michigan) Provides dorm room, hospitalisation/healthcare, liability insurance, physical exam, meal allowance!!!
$4500 - University of Nevada (tuition + classes)
$5000 - Iowa State University
$6500 - Sodexho (NJ/ Philly)
$6500 - Aramark (Met. NY)

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10 wk management, 20 wk clinical, 4 wk community (total 38 wks) - Sodexho
35 wk clinical, 12 wk management, 5 wk community (total 45 wks) - Harper Hospital
12 wk MNT, 6 wk management, 5 wk community (total 26 wks) - Iowa State University