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TCOM Overview

Founded: 1970 as the nation's seventh osteopathic medical school

National Rankings and Awards:

  • Top 50 Medical School for Primary Care Medicine
    by U.S. & World Report (2001-present)
  • Top 50 Physician Assistant Studies program
    by U.S. News & World Report (2003-present)
  • Top 20 'Medical School for Hispanics'
    by Hispanic Business Magazine (2005 and 2007)
  • 'Medical School Award of Achievement' Texas Academy of Family Physicians (1994-present)

Governing Body:
TCOM is a state-supported medical school and a component of the University of North Texas Health Science Center. The Health Science Center is governed by the University of North Texas System Board of Regents.

Degrees Offered and Special Academic Programs:

  • Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O)
  • Dual D.O./Master of Public Health (MPH)
  • Dual D.O./Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  • Dual D.O./Master of Science (M.S.)
  • Master of Physician Assistant Studies
  • Rural Osteopathic Medical Education (ROME)

Enrollment: Over 550 D.O. students and over 80 P.A. students

Campus: TCOM is located on the University of North Texas Health Science Center campus in Fort Worth's Cultural District. The Health Science Center complex houses lectures halls, training rooms, patient care facilities and research labs.

Faculty: Over 325 full-time basic science and clinical faculty members. The full-time faculty is augmented by over 400 part-time faculty members.

Admissions: Over 2,500 applications are received annually for the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program and the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program.

Hospital Affiliates:

  • John Peter Smith Hospital
  • Bay Area Corpus Christi Medical Center
  • Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital
  • Dallas Methodist Hospital 
  • Driscoll Children's Hospital
  • Methodist Charlton Medical Center
  • Harris Methodist - Fort Worth 
  • San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
  • Plaza Medical Center
  • Dallas Regional Medical Center
  • William Beaumont Army Medical Center
  • Terrell State Hospital
  • University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Permian Basin

Tuition and Fees: For 2007-2008, D.O. program first-year resident tuition and fees is $13,950.00 and non-resident tuition and fees is $29,700.00. First-year physician assistant student resident tuition and fees is $8,869.00 and non-resident tuition and fees is $21,673.00.

Alumni: Over 2,800 with approximately 65% of them practicing in primary care.

Accreditation:
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. TCOM is accredited by the AOA Bureau of Professional Education of the American Osteopathic Association. The Physician Assistant Studies program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant.


This page last updated Mar 28, 2008

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