I study how the opening of a medical college influences the educational decisions of school students living in the same district. Using the staggered introduction of medical colleges across districts in India, I find that when a district receives such a college for the first time, students increase their educational attainment by 0.23 years and are 4.5 percentage points more likely to complete high school. These effects are driven by rural residents and are larger for girls than for boys. The effects are concentrated among households living within 50 km of the new college. Finally, I find that urban boys respond to the new medical school by studying science in high school in greater proportions.