Using Rokshana's numbers...

SGU

primary care:292
non primary care: 132

SABA

primary care:101
non primary care: 26

Chi Sqr = 5.43 (p < 0.02)

So, it appears that SGU has a higher placement rate to nonprimary care residencies than Saba. I am not too surprised. As I mentioned earlier, there are a lot of caveats to think about when interpreting this. First of all, you have to assume that everyone tried to get into a nonprimary care field and only took primary care because they couldn't get something else (which is obviously a faulty assumption). Also, to ascribe a school effect, you would have to control for USMLE scores because they have a large impact on placements. SGU is more selective and, as a result, will probably have higher USMLE scores which translates to better placements. Still, even with all these disclaimers I think it is reasonably safe to say SGU has a better placement rate.

The real question is whether the improved placement rate is worth extra cost. I recently posted a breakeven analysis that showed that the extra cost of SGU was worth it if attending SGU tripled your chance of getting a non primary care residency. Assuming the data are correct, this suggests that SGU's rate is almost double Saba's. While SGU's rate is not high enough to justify the cost, the data are pretty favorable for SGU.