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646 • JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 Singer • Medical education This article presents basic data about the 19 colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs) in the academic years 2000-2001. Information in this article has been adapted from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)/American Osteo-pathic Association (AOA) annual osteo-pathic medical school questionnaire for the 2000-2001 academic year and fiscal year 2000. In addition, AACOM’s 2000 Annual Statistical Report and its histor-ical database compiled from previous surveys have been used to prepare this article. Osteopathic medical school applicants In a continuation of the downward trend that started in 1997, the number of osteo-pathic medical school applicants declined for the fifth consecutive year in 2001. At its peak in 1996, the number of appli-cants reached 10,781. That number dropped to 10,764 in 1997; 9554 in 1998; 8396 in 1999; 7708 in 2000; and 7259 in 2001.* This represents a decrease of 33% between 1996 and 2001 (Table 1). The number of underrepresented minority applicants has been decreasing, but not as fast as the total applicant pool. In the 1997-1998 academic year, under-represented minority applicants reached its highest number of 984. That number decreased to 936 in the 1998 entering class and to 790 in 1999 before rebound-ing in 2000 to 829. But the decline in underrepresented minority applicants continued in 2001 to 693. Between 1997 and 2001, the number of underrepre-sented minority applicants declined by almost 30%. In past years, the five colleges with the most applications received were the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM), the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM), the Kirksville Col-lege of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM), and the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (UHSCOM). But the total number of applicants received by these five schools— as well as most of the other 14 colleges of osteopathic medicine—dropped again in the 2000-2001 academic year. Only the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) showed an increase in the number of applications for their 2000 entering classes. Enrollment First-year and total enrollment contin-ued to rise as the most recently estab-lished schools in Arizona (AZCOM), San Francisco (TUCOM), and Kentucky (PCSOM) grow to their full complement of students (Table 2; Figure). First-year enrollment in the 1998-1999 academic year was 2745; in the 1999-2000 aca-demic year, first-year enrollment rose 3.8% to 2848, and to 2927 in 2000- 2001, an increase of 2.8%. Total enroll-ment in 2000-2001 grew to 10,817, an increase of 4.1%. The percentage of ethnic minority stu-dents rose in 2000-2001 to 23.9% total enrollment (Table 3). Ethnic minorities (African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Island-ers, Hispanics, and Native Americans students) represented 22.9% of the total enrollment in the 1998-1999 academic year, and 22.8% of the total enrollment in the 1999-2000 academic year. The number of female osteopathic medical students enrolled at the COMs continues to increase and reached a peak of 41.1% of all students in 2000-2001 (Table 4). In the 1998-1999 academic year, the total number of women enrolled was 3862 (39.1% of all students), and 4281 in the 1999-2000 academic year (40.2% of all students). Geographic source of first-year students More than half of all first-year osteo-pathic medical students seek medical edu-cation in their home state. Of the 2848 first-year students enrolled at the 19 COMs during 1999-2000 academic year, 57.8% were residents of the state in which the COM was located. During the 2000-2001 academic year, 55% of the first-year students were from the state in which the COM was located. Western University of Health Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine (WesternU/ COMP) and Michigan State University Medical education ndergraduate osteopathic medical education ALLEN SINGER, PhD U Dr Singer is vice president of Research & Information Services, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Chevy Chase, Md. Correspondence to Allen Singer, PhD, American Association of Colleges of Osteo-pathic Medicine, 5550 Friendship Blvd, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7231. * The number of applicants in 2001 includes those whose applications were submitted to AACOMAS as well as those who applied directly to the University of North Texas Health Science Center College of Osteopathic Medicine. This school did not partici-pate in AACOM’s centralized application service this year, though it did participate in prior years. Singer • Medical education JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 • 647 Table 1 Applicants to Osteopathic Schools Participating in the AACOM Application Service— Ethnic Groups and Women by Entering Year* Group 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 African-American 421 434 442 378 414 335 Hispanic 436 448 416 342 343 290 Native American 90 102 78 70 72 68 Total underrepresented minority 947 984 936 790 829 693 Percent underrepresented minority 8.8 9.1 9.8 9.4 10.8 10.0 White, non-Hispanic 7320 7224 6173 5583 5099 4731 Asian American/ Pacific Islander 2051 2107 1950 1592 1346 1226 Unknown 463 449 495 431 434 609† Total all groups 10,781 10,764 9554 8396 7708 7259 No. of women among total applicants 4228 4293 3881 3518 3402 3151 Percent women 39.2 39.9 40.6 41.9 44.1 43.4 No. of COMs participating in AACOMAS‡ 16 17 19 19 19 18 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Report. Figures reported here do not include applicants who applied directly to osteopathic medical colleges. †Includes 177 applicants who applied only to the Texas school (UNTHSC), which did not participate in AACOMAS in 2001. ‡ Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine became AACOMAS participants with the 1997-1998 entering class. 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Entering year No. of students Source: AACOM Statistical Reports 2162 2217 2274 2535 2692 2745 2848 2927 Figure. Freshmen enrollment. 648 • JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 Singer • Medical education College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSU-COM) had the highest percentages of in-state students for the 2000-2001 aca-demic years (94.7% and 94.4%, respectively; Table 5). The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) had the highest percentage of out-of-state students in 2000-2001 (86%). Because of their spe-cial funding relationships with the states, the public college generally admit a much higher proportion of state residents than do the private schools. College record of freshmen Freshmen entering in the 2000-2001 aca-demic year had a mean grade point aver-age of 3.43, practically the same as the previous class. Mean MCAT scores for these freshmen were as follows: biologi-cal science, 8.69; physical science, 8.18; and verbal reasoning, 8.11. Only the mean physical score was higher than that of the previous freshmen class. Faculty The 19 COMs had 11,119 faculty mem-bers in 2000-2001, including full-time, part-time, and volunteer faculty. Most faculty serving the COMs teach the clin-ical sciences (93.1% in 1998-1999; 93.8% in 1999-2000; and 94.1% in 2000-2001), with the remainder in basic sciences (6.9% in 1998-1999; 6.2% in 1999-2000; and 5.9% in 2000-2001). The percentage of volunteer faculty staffing the 19 COMs has increased in the past 3 years, with 70.5% in 1998-1999, 76.5% in 1999-2000, and 78.8% in 2000-2001. General practice/family medicine has been the department with the largest concentration of full-time fac-ulty. In 2000-2001, 16.3% of all full-time faculty were in this department (Table 6). Tuition For the academic year 2000-2001, tuition Table 2 Number of Applications Received, First-Year Enrollment and Total Enrollment by School*† No. of First-year Total applications‡ enrollment enrollment School 1999–2000 2000–2001 1999–2000 2000–2001 1999–2000 2000–2001 AZCOM 2669 2438 128 143 445 482 CCOM 3486 3105 163 170 622 640 DMU-COM 2689 2519 215 210 797 805 KCOM 3054 2724 177 156 610 616 LECOM 2864 2487 144 182 505 576 MSUCOM 2243 1923 123 125 507 523 NSU-COM 2815 2430 191 180 653 680 NYCOM§ 3198 2980 293 305 1007 1065 OSU-COM 1361 1162 92 91 353 352 OUCOM 2407 2246 115 107 415 416 PCOM 4280 3855 256 253 1005 1002 PCSOM 1782 1583 61 65 179 239 TUCOM 2595 2384 96 112 237 339 UHS/COM 3063 2639 224 232 864 871 UMDNJ/SOM 2113 1977 81 87 307 309 UNE/COM 2125 2143 117 121 460 463 UNTHSC 1485 1261 115 121 453 455 WesternU/COMP 2912 2539 180 190 695 699 WVSOM 1493 1553 77 77 274 285 Total 48,634 43,948 2848 2927 10,388 10,817 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. †Full names of colleges with abbreviations appear in the Appendix. ‡The number of applications indicated is not an unduplicated count of applicants as in Table 1. The same applicant reported here may be listed by several schools. §Enrollment data include students in the Accelerated Program for Émigré Physicians (APEP). Singer • Medical education JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 • 649 Table 4 Enrollment of Women at Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine* Entering Total No. of Percent of year enrollment women women 1989 6615 2056 31.1 1990 6792 2221 32.7 1991 7012 2340 33.4 1992 7375 2512 34.1 1993† 7822 2714 34.7 1994 8146 2870 35.2 1995 8475 3075 36.3 1996‡ 8961 3308 36.9 1997§ 9434 3591 38.1 1998 9882 3862 39.1 1999 10,388 4181 40.2 2000 10,817 4443 41.1 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. †Data include LECOM, which enrolled its first class of 61 students in 1993, 17 of whom were women. ‡Data include the Accelerated Program for Émigré Physicians (APEP) at NYCOM and AZCOM’s first class of 103, including 33 women. §Data include PCSOM and TUCOM first classes of 60 students (14 women) and 66 students (26 women), respectively. Table 3 Total Enrollment of Minority Ethnic Groups* by School†‡ Minority 1999–2000 2000–2001 School No. % No. % AZCOM 102 22.9 110 22.8 CCOM 183 29.4 185 28.9 DMU-COM 73 9.2 89 11.1 KCOM 122 20.0 110 17.9 LECOM 58 11.5 74 12.8 MSUCOM 113 22.3 113 21.6 NSU-COM 196 30.0 208 30.6 NYCOM§ 348 34.5 439 41.2 OSU-COM 65 18.4 69 19.6 OUCOM 92 22.2 102 24.5 PCOM 179 17.8 193 19.3 PCSOM 16 8.9 24 10.0 TUCOM 71 30.0 97 28.6 UHS/COM 97 11.2 95 10.9 UMDNJ/SOM 130 42.3 140 45.3 UNE/COM 43 9.3 44 9.5 UNTHSC/TCOM 188 41.5 174 38.2 WesternU/COMP 280 40.3 310 44.4 WVSOM 13 4.7 11 3.9 All schools 2369 22.8 2587 23.9 * Minority ethnic groups include African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and Native American students. † Full names of colleges with abbreviations appear in the Appendix. ‡Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. §Data includes students in the Accelerated Program for Émigré Physicians (APEP). 650 • JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 Singer • Medical education Table 5 Number of State Residents and Nonresidents Enrolled in First Year by School* 1999–2000 2000–2001 No. of No. of Total No. of No. of Total School† residents nonresidents No. residents nonresidents No. AZCOM 43 85 128 42 101 143 CCOM 81 86 167 77 93 170 DMU/COM 50 165 215 51 159 210 KCOM 19 158 177 23 133 156 LECOM 92 52 144 73 109 182 MSUCOM 114 9 123 118 7 125 NSU-COM 116 75 191 84 96 180 NYCOM‡ 237 56 293 219 86 305 OSU-COM 79 13 92 77 14 91 OUCOM 103 12 115 95 12 107 PCOM 169 87 256 155 98 253 PCSOM 37 24 61 39 26 65 TUCOM 58 38 96 58 54 112 UHS/COM 61 163 224 67 165 232 UMDNJ/SOM 74 7 81 73 14 87 UNE/COM 16 101 117 17 104 121 UNTHSC/TCOM 104 11 115 109 12 121 WesternU/COMP 141 39 180 180 10 190 WVSOM 52 25 77 53 24 77 Total 1646 1202 2848 1610 1317 2927 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. †Full names of colleges with abbreviations appear in the Appendix. ‡Includes students in the Accelerated Program for Émigré Physicians (APEP). averaged $12,410 for in-state residents in public schools and $24,363 in private schools. For out-of-state residents, tuition averaged $25,972 in public schools and $25,177 in private schools (Table 7). Income and expenditures of osteopathic medical colleges The 19 COMs reported total revenue of $695 million in fiscal year 2000, which constitutes a 9.2% increase from 1999. As in the past, tuition contributes sub-stantially more to total revenues in the pri-vate schools than it does in the public schools, which draw more heavily from state subsidies. Students benefit from state govern-ment funding, which continues to play an important role in the fiscal health of osteopathic medical education. The Armed Forces also continues to be a sig-nificant source of funds to students and their schools through the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Total expenditures in fiscal year 2000 were approximately $673 million, up 14.7% from FY1999. Instruction con-tinues to account for the largest portion of expenditures. Singer • Medical education JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 • 651 Table 6 Full-time Faculty Assignments by Discipline* Percent of faculty assigned Discipline 1999–2000 2000–2001 Anatomy 8.1 8.5 Biochemistry 4.6 4.7 Emergency medicine 1.3 1.0 General practice/family practice 15.7 16.3 Internal medicine 10.1 10.0 Microbiology 4.8 5.3 Obstetrics/gynecology 2.9 2.5 Osteopathic principles 5.9 6.3 Pathology 3.5 3.3 Pediatrics 3.7 4.0 Pharmacology 5.2 5.5 Physiology 5.7 5.5 Psychiatry 5.1 4.4 Radiology 2.0 1.6 Surgery (general) 3.7 3.8 Other† 15.4 14.7 Physical medicine/ Rehabilitation medicine 1.0 1.1 Preventive medicine/public health 1.2 1.4 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. †Includes anesthesiology, dermatology, geriatrics, neurology, ophthalmology, orthopedic, surgery, otolaryngology, and urology. NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. 652 • JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 Singer • Medical education Table 7 Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Tuition* (Subject to Change) Tuition School State residents Nonresidents Private AZCOM $26,700 $26,700 CCOM 22,816 27,711 DMU/COM 23,900 23,900 KCOM 24,950 24,950 LECOM 21,760 22,760 NSU-COM 20,122 24,815 NYCOM 24,000 24,000 PCOM 24,475 24,475 PCSOM 23,100 23,100 TUCOM 25,000 25,000 UHS/COM 27,775 27,775 UNE/COM 26,220 26,220 WesternU/COMP 25,900 25,900 Mean $24,363 $25,177 Public MSUCOM $15,964 $35,058 OSUCOM 9552 24,244 OUCOM 12,630 18,408 UMDNJ-SOM 16,694 26,124 UNTHSC/TCOM 6550 19,650 WVSOM 13,070 32,350 Mean $12,410 $25,972 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)/American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Annual Osteopathic Medical School Questionnaire for 2000-2001.
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Transcript | 646 • JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 Singer • Medical education This article presents basic data about the 19 colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs) in the academic years 2000-2001. Information in this article has been adapted from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)/American Osteo-pathic Association (AOA) annual osteo-pathic medical school questionnaire for the 2000-2001 academic year and fiscal year 2000. In addition, AACOM’s 2000 Annual Statistical Report and its histor-ical database compiled from previous surveys have been used to prepare this article. Osteopathic medical school applicants In a continuation of the downward trend that started in 1997, the number of osteo-pathic medical school applicants declined for the fifth consecutive year in 2001. At its peak in 1996, the number of appli-cants reached 10,781. That number dropped to 10,764 in 1997; 9554 in 1998; 8396 in 1999; 7708 in 2000; and 7259 in 2001.* This represents a decrease of 33% between 1996 and 2001 (Table 1). The number of underrepresented minority applicants has been decreasing, but not as fast as the total applicant pool. In the 1997-1998 academic year, under-represented minority applicants reached its highest number of 984. That number decreased to 936 in the 1998 entering class and to 790 in 1999 before rebound-ing in 2000 to 829. But the decline in underrepresented minority applicants continued in 2001 to 693. Between 1997 and 2001, the number of underrepre-sented minority applicants declined by almost 30%. In past years, the five colleges with the most applications received were the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM), the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM), the Kirksville Col-lege of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM), and the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (UHSCOM). But the total number of applicants received by these five schools— as well as most of the other 14 colleges of osteopathic medicine—dropped again in the 2000-2001 academic year. Only the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) showed an increase in the number of applications for their 2000 entering classes. Enrollment First-year and total enrollment contin-ued to rise as the most recently estab-lished schools in Arizona (AZCOM), San Francisco (TUCOM), and Kentucky (PCSOM) grow to their full complement of students (Table 2; Figure). First-year enrollment in the 1998-1999 academic year was 2745; in the 1999-2000 aca-demic year, first-year enrollment rose 3.8% to 2848, and to 2927 in 2000- 2001, an increase of 2.8%. Total enroll-ment in 2000-2001 grew to 10,817, an increase of 4.1%. The percentage of ethnic minority stu-dents rose in 2000-2001 to 23.9% total enrollment (Table 3). Ethnic minorities (African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Island-ers, Hispanics, and Native Americans students) represented 22.9% of the total enrollment in the 1998-1999 academic year, and 22.8% of the total enrollment in the 1999-2000 academic year. The number of female osteopathic medical students enrolled at the COMs continues to increase and reached a peak of 41.1% of all students in 2000-2001 (Table 4). In the 1998-1999 academic year, the total number of women enrolled was 3862 (39.1% of all students), and 4281 in the 1999-2000 academic year (40.2% of all students). Geographic source of first-year students More than half of all first-year osteo-pathic medical students seek medical edu-cation in their home state. Of the 2848 first-year students enrolled at the 19 COMs during 1999-2000 academic year, 57.8% were residents of the state in which the COM was located. During the 2000-2001 academic year, 55% of the first-year students were from the state in which the COM was located. Western University of Health Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine (WesternU/ COMP) and Michigan State University Medical education ndergraduate osteopathic medical education ALLEN SINGER, PhD U Dr Singer is vice president of Research & Information Services, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Chevy Chase, Md. Correspondence to Allen Singer, PhD, American Association of Colleges of Osteo-pathic Medicine, 5550 Friendship Blvd, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7231. * The number of applicants in 2001 includes those whose applications were submitted to AACOMAS as well as those who applied directly to the University of North Texas Health Science Center College of Osteopathic Medicine. This school did not partici-pate in AACOM’s centralized application service this year, though it did participate in prior years. Singer • Medical education JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 • 647 Table 1 Applicants to Osteopathic Schools Participating in the AACOM Application Service— Ethnic Groups and Women by Entering Year* Group 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 African-American 421 434 442 378 414 335 Hispanic 436 448 416 342 343 290 Native American 90 102 78 70 72 68 Total underrepresented minority 947 984 936 790 829 693 Percent underrepresented minority 8.8 9.1 9.8 9.4 10.8 10.0 White, non-Hispanic 7320 7224 6173 5583 5099 4731 Asian American/ Pacific Islander 2051 2107 1950 1592 1346 1226 Unknown 463 449 495 431 434 609† Total all groups 10,781 10,764 9554 8396 7708 7259 No. of women among total applicants 4228 4293 3881 3518 3402 3151 Percent women 39.2 39.9 40.6 41.9 44.1 43.4 No. of COMs participating in AACOMAS‡ 16 17 19 19 19 18 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Report. Figures reported here do not include applicants who applied directly to osteopathic medical colleges. †Includes 177 applicants who applied only to the Texas school (UNTHSC), which did not participate in AACOMAS in 2001. ‡ Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine became AACOMAS participants with the 1997-1998 entering class. 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Entering year No. of students Source: AACOM Statistical Reports 2162 2217 2274 2535 2692 2745 2848 2927 Figure. Freshmen enrollment. 648 • JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 Singer • Medical education College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSU-COM) had the highest percentages of in-state students for the 2000-2001 aca-demic years (94.7% and 94.4%, respectively; Table 5). The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) had the highest percentage of out-of-state students in 2000-2001 (86%). Because of their spe-cial funding relationships with the states, the public college generally admit a much higher proportion of state residents than do the private schools. College record of freshmen Freshmen entering in the 2000-2001 aca-demic year had a mean grade point aver-age of 3.43, practically the same as the previous class. Mean MCAT scores for these freshmen were as follows: biologi-cal science, 8.69; physical science, 8.18; and verbal reasoning, 8.11. Only the mean physical score was higher than that of the previous freshmen class. Faculty The 19 COMs had 11,119 faculty mem-bers in 2000-2001, including full-time, part-time, and volunteer faculty. Most faculty serving the COMs teach the clin-ical sciences (93.1% in 1998-1999; 93.8% in 1999-2000; and 94.1% in 2000-2001), with the remainder in basic sciences (6.9% in 1998-1999; 6.2% in 1999-2000; and 5.9% in 2000-2001). The percentage of volunteer faculty staffing the 19 COMs has increased in the past 3 years, with 70.5% in 1998-1999, 76.5% in 1999-2000, and 78.8% in 2000-2001. General practice/family medicine has been the department with the largest concentration of full-time fac-ulty. In 2000-2001, 16.3% of all full-time faculty were in this department (Table 6). Tuition For the academic year 2000-2001, tuition Table 2 Number of Applications Received, First-Year Enrollment and Total Enrollment by School*† No. of First-year Total applications‡ enrollment enrollment School 1999–2000 2000–2001 1999–2000 2000–2001 1999–2000 2000–2001 AZCOM 2669 2438 128 143 445 482 CCOM 3486 3105 163 170 622 640 DMU-COM 2689 2519 215 210 797 805 KCOM 3054 2724 177 156 610 616 LECOM 2864 2487 144 182 505 576 MSUCOM 2243 1923 123 125 507 523 NSU-COM 2815 2430 191 180 653 680 NYCOM§ 3198 2980 293 305 1007 1065 OSU-COM 1361 1162 92 91 353 352 OUCOM 2407 2246 115 107 415 416 PCOM 4280 3855 256 253 1005 1002 PCSOM 1782 1583 61 65 179 239 TUCOM 2595 2384 96 112 237 339 UHS/COM 3063 2639 224 232 864 871 UMDNJ/SOM 2113 1977 81 87 307 309 UNE/COM 2125 2143 117 121 460 463 UNTHSC 1485 1261 115 121 453 455 WesternU/COMP 2912 2539 180 190 695 699 WVSOM 1493 1553 77 77 274 285 Total 48,634 43,948 2848 2927 10,388 10,817 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. †Full names of colleges with abbreviations appear in the Appendix. ‡The number of applications indicated is not an unduplicated count of applicants as in Table 1. The same applicant reported here may be listed by several schools. §Enrollment data include students in the Accelerated Program for Émigré Physicians (APEP). Singer • Medical education JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 • 649 Table 4 Enrollment of Women at Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine* Entering Total No. of Percent of year enrollment women women 1989 6615 2056 31.1 1990 6792 2221 32.7 1991 7012 2340 33.4 1992 7375 2512 34.1 1993† 7822 2714 34.7 1994 8146 2870 35.2 1995 8475 3075 36.3 1996‡ 8961 3308 36.9 1997§ 9434 3591 38.1 1998 9882 3862 39.1 1999 10,388 4181 40.2 2000 10,817 4443 41.1 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. †Data include LECOM, which enrolled its first class of 61 students in 1993, 17 of whom were women. ‡Data include the Accelerated Program for Émigré Physicians (APEP) at NYCOM and AZCOM’s first class of 103, including 33 women. §Data include PCSOM and TUCOM first classes of 60 students (14 women) and 66 students (26 women), respectively. Table 3 Total Enrollment of Minority Ethnic Groups* by School†‡ Minority 1999–2000 2000–2001 School No. % No. % AZCOM 102 22.9 110 22.8 CCOM 183 29.4 185 28.9 DMU-COM 73 9.2 89 11.1 KCOM 122 20.0 110 17.9 LECOM 58 11.5 74 12.8 MSUCOM 113 22.3 113 21.6 NSU-COM 196 30.0 208 30.6 NYCOM§ 348 34.5 439 41.2 OSU-COM 65 18.4 69 19.6 OUCOM 92 22.2 102 24.5 PCOM 179 17.8 193 19.3 PCSOM 16 8.9 24 10.0 TUCOM 71 30.0 97 28.6 UHS/COM 97 11.2 95 10.9 UMDNJ/SOM 130 42.3 140 45.3 UNE/COM 43 9.3 44 9.5 UNTHSC/TCOM 188 41.5 174 38.2 WesternU/COMP 280 40.3 310 44.4 WVSOM 13 4.7 11 3.9 All schools 2369 22.8 2587 23.9 * Minority ethnic groups include African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and Native American students. † Full names of colleges with abbreviations appear in the Appendix. ‡Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. §Data includes students in the Accelerated Program for Émigré Physicians (APEP). 650 • JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 Singer • Medical education Table 5 Number of State Residents and Nonresidents Enrolled in First Year by School* 1999–2000 2000–2001 No. of No. of Total No. of No. of Total School† residents nonresidents No. residents nonresidents No. AZCOM 43 85 128 42 101 143 CCOM 81 86 167 77 93 170 DMU/COM 50 165 215 51 159 210 KCOM 19 158 177 23 133 156 LECOM 92 52 144 73 109 182 MSUCOM 114 9 123 118 7 125 NSU-COM 116 75 191 84 96 180 NYCOM‡ 237 56 293 219 86 305 OSU-COM 79 13 92 77 14 91 OUCOM 103 12 115 95 12 107 PCOM 169 87 256 155 98 253 PCSOM 37 24 61 39 26 65 TUCOM 58 38 96 58 54 112 UHS/COM 61 163 224 67 165 232 UMDNJ/SOM 74 7 81 73 14 87 UNE/COM 16 101 117 17 104 121 UNTHSC/TCOM 104 11 115 109 12 121 WesternU/COMP 141 39 180 180 10 190 WVSOM 52 25 77 53 24 77 Total 1646 1202 2848 1610 1317 2927 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. †Full names of colleges with abbreviations appear in the Appendix. ‡Includes students in the Accelerated Program for Émigré Physicians (APEP). averaged $12,410 for in-state residents in public schools and $24,363 in private schools. For out-of-state residents, tuition averaged $25,972 in public schools and $25,177 in private schools (Table 7). Income and expenditures of osteopathic medical colleges The 19 COMs reported total revenue of $695 million in fiscal year 2000, which constitutes a 9.2% increase from 1999. As in the past, tuition contributes sub-stantially more to total revenues in the pri-vate schools than it does in the public schools, which draw more heavily from state subsidies. Students benefit from state govern-ment funding, which continues to play an important role in the fiscal health of osteopathic medical education. The Armed Forces also continues to be a sig-nificant source of funds to students and their schools through the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Total expenditures in fiscal year 2000 were approximately $673 million, up 14.7% from FY1999. Instruction con-tinues to account for the largest portion of expenditures. Singer • Medical education JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 • 651 Table 6 Full-time Faculty Assignments by Discipline* Percent of faculty assigned Discipline 1999–2000 2000–2001 Anatomy 8.1 8.5 Biochemistry 4.6 4.7 Emergency medicine 1.3 1.0 General practice/family practice 15.7 16.3 Internal medicine 10.1 10.0 Microbiology 4.8 5.3 Obstetrics/gynecology 2.9 2.5 Osteopathic principles 5.9 6.3 Pathology 3.5 3.3 Pediatrics 3.7 4.0 Pharmacology 5.2 5.5 Physiology 5.7 5.5 Psychiatry 5.1 4.4 Radiology 2.0 1.6 Surgery (general) 3.7 3.8 Other† 15.4 14.7 Physical medicine/ Rehabilitation medicine 1.0 1.1 Preventive medicine/public health 1.2 1.4 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Statistical Reports. †Includes anesthesiology, dermatology, geriatrics, neurology, ophthalmology, orthopedic, surgery, otolaryngology, and urology. NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. 652 • JAOA • Vol 101 • No 11 • November 2001 Singer • Medical education Table 7 Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Tuition* (Subject to Change) Tuition School State residents Nonresidents Private AZCOM $26,700 $26,700 CCOM 22,816 27,711 DMU/COM 23,900 23,900 KCOM 24,950 24,950 LECOM 21,760 22,760 NSU-COM 20,122 24,815 NYCOM 24,000 24,000 PCOM 24,475 24,475 PCSOM 23,100 23,100 TUCOM 25,000 25,000 UHS/COM 27,775 27,775 UNE/COM 26,220 26,220 WesternU/COMP 25,900 25,900 Mean $24,363 $25,177 Public MSUCOM $15,964 $35,058 OSUCOM 9552 24,244 OUCOM 12,630 18,408 UMDNJ-SOM 16,694 26,124 UNTHSC/TCOM 6550 19,650 WVSOM 13,070 32,350 Mean $12,410 $25,972 *Source: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)/American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Annual Osteopathic Medical School Questionnaire for 2000-2001. |
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