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°ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζ Research Reports

 °ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζ collects data and publishes reports on the following osteopathic medical education trends: colleges (cost of attendance, enrollment, faculty, curriculum and revenues and expenditures); students (applicants, matriculants and graduates) and more!

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°ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζ Surveys, Admissions & Reports Schedule*

°ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζAS

  • Cycle Closes: Late April 

  • Applicant Reports Published: June-July 

  • Matriculant Decisions Due from COMs: M¾±»å-°¿³¦³Ù´Ç²ú±ð°ù&²Ô²ú²õ±è;

  • Matriculant Reports Published: March-May 

Annual Survey

  • 2023-24 Annual Osteopathic Medical School Questionnaire: Releases in November-Closes in January 

  • Annual Survey Reports Published: January-May

Curriculum SCOPE Survey

Entering Student Survey

  • 2022-2023 Survey: Releases in July – Closes in September 

  • Summary Report Published: December-January 

Graduating Senior Survey

  • 2022-2023 Survey: Releases in March – Closes in June 

  • Summary Report Published: October-November 

*Dates are approximate.


Survey Response Rates

°ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζAS

  • °ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζAS: Based on °ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζAS, no response rates

Annual Survey

  • 2022-23: 100%
  • 2021-22: 100%
  • 2020-21: 100%
  • 2019-20: 99%
  • 2018-19: 100%
  • 2017-18: 100%

 Curriculum Scope Survey

  • 2022-23: 86%*

Graduating Senior Survey

  • 2022-2023: 53%
  • 2021-2022: 72%
  • 2020-2021: 63%
  • 2019-2020: 59%
  • 2018-2019: 75%
  • 2017-2018: 77%
  • 2016-2017: 76%

Entering Student Survey

  • 2022-2023: 73%
  • 2021-2022: 62%
  • 2020-2021: 71%
  • 2019-2020: 78%
  • 2018-2019: 86%
  • 2017-2018: 84%

This percentage includes responses from osteopathic and allopathic schools. Twenty-seven out of 37 COMs eligible to report curriculum data for the 2022-23 academic year participated.


Who We Collect Data From

  • Annual Survey data are collected from all colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs). COM deans designate survey coordinators each year to manage the data collection and survey completion/submission process. 

  • The Applicant and Matriculant data are drawn from °ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζAS application data, and the decision codes are entered by member COMs in Liasion’s WebAdMIT. 

  • The Student Surveys are administered to entering students and graduating seniors. Each COM’s Survey coordinators work with °ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζ’s research department to administer each survey annually. 

  • Ad hoc surveys are distributed throughout the year to our member COMs. These surveys collect key data points such as faculty salary, match results, etc.  


How to Access the Data

°ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζ Research publishes several reports online and also provides several interactive dashboards exclusively for our members and COMs.

    To learn more about °ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζ's research reports download Analytics Dashboards Descriptions. This PDF describes the full range of research reports available to our COM members.  

      If you are at a COM and would like access, please contact your dean for approval and forward this approval to research@aacom.org.

      to request data not published to °ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζ’s website, request to support a research project or to field a survey with °ÄÃÅÅ®ÈËζ.

      Q & A

      Questions?

      For data collection, survey completion and other research-related inquiries contact: research@aacom.org

       


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