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VCOM At a Glance

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What Is Osteopathic Medicine?

Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, also known as DOs, are licensed in every state to practice the full scope of medicine: examination, diagnosis, writing prescriptions, performing surgery, and providing musculoskeletal manipulation.

Osteopathic physicians staff every field of medicine from family practice to neurosurgery. However, the majority of DOs practice primary care, with approximately one-fourth providing care in small communities and rural areas.

THE D.O. DIFFERENCE

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Mission and Geographic Reach Where We Are

The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) is a four-year medical school with campuses located in Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Louisiana.

 

Our focus regions include the southern Appalachian states and the Delta region, where VCOM is helping to address longstanding physician shortages.

Mission Focus
Learn about our mission and how we train future physicians to serve rural and medically underserved populations.
Outreach
Our focus regions include the southern Appalachian states and Delta region, where VCOM is helping to address longstanding physician shortages. See how our outreach changes lives.
DO Admissions
More than 2,500 current medical students are enrolled across our four campuses. Learn more about our admissions process.

Outreach and Clinical Impact

VCOM has trained physicians who will provide more than one billion patient care visits over their careers. Students engage in community service, health education, and rural outreach throughout their training at VCOM—reinforcing our mission beyond the classroom.
Outcomes
45%
of VCOM students are from rural communities with populations under 30,000
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3rd
lowest in tuition and fees among private osteopathic medical schools.
Tuition and financial aid
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84%
of students come from VCOM’s target Appalachian and Delta regions, raising the likelihood that students return to serve those communities.
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82.5%
of alumni practice in a VCOM target state in the Appalachian and Delta regions.
Where our students match
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99.3%
final residency match rate for the Class of 2025, exceeding national averages for both DO and MD graduates.
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61%
of graduates have matched into primary care specialties (family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN) over the last four years.
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