Fast Facts About TCOM
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 Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/
Master of Public Health - Dual Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/
Doctor of Philosophy - Dual Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/
Master of Science - Master of Physician Assistant Studies
- Rural Osteopathic Medical Education
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 located in Fort Worth's Cultural District. The campus is a 33 acre facility which houses lectures halls, training rooms, patient care facilities and research labs.
Faculty: Over 300 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 (City):
- John Peter Smith Hospital (Fort Worth)
- Bay Area Corpus Christi Medical Center (Corpus Christi)
- Christus Spohn Hospital (Corpus Christi)
- Driscoll Children's Hospital (Corpus Christi)
- Methodist Charlton Medical Center (Dallas)
- San Jacinto Methodist Hospital (Baytown)
- Plaza Medical Center (Fort Worth)
- Medical Center Hospital (Odessa)
- Mesquite Community Hospital (Mesquite)
- Terrell State Psychiatric Hospital (Terrell)
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (Tyler)
- William Beaumonth Army Medical Center (El Paso)
Tuition and Fees: For 2007-2008, resident tuition and fees were $13,950.00 and non-resident tuition and fees were $29,700.00.
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 Jan 18, 2008
