How much does it cost to create and operate a medical school? My impression is that law schools have proliferated in part because they are hugely profitable for their universities (all you need is a few lecture halls), but medical schools require extensive facilities, intensive supervision of students by very expensive specialists, and close relationships with hospitals. This region already has med schools at GW, Georgetown, Howard, Uniformed Services in Bethesda and two in Baltimore as well as Virginia schools in Richmond, Charlottesville, Norfolk and Roanoke, and osteopathic schools in Blacksburg and Lynchburg. What problem would a Northern Virginia med school solve?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_schools_in_the_United_States