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2025 Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Schools

10 Colleges in the United States
1,918 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in acupuncture and oriental medicine, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #287 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for acupuncture and oriental medicine students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,918 degrees in acupuncture and oriental medicine to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine School

Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Schools Your choice of acupuncture and oriental medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for acupuncture and oriental medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Master's Degrees in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Doctor's Degrees in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Schools list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in the United States

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the acupuncture and oriental medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Schools in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA
310 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat Pacific College of Health and Science if you wish to pursue a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Pacific College San Diego is a small private for-profit college located in the city of San Diego.

There were roughly 310 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at Pacific College San Diego in the most recent data year.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA
50 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Boston.

There were approximately 50 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at MCPHS University in the most recent data year.

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3
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Bastyr University
Kenmore, WA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WA
38 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded

Bastyr University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Located in the large suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

There were approximately 38 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at Bastyr University in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MN
5.3% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Northwestern Health Sciences University if you wish to pursue a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Located in the small city of Bloomington, NWHSU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

There were about 19 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at NWHSU in the most recent data year.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
12th Most Popular In CA
57.1% Growth in Graduates

SCU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Whittier.

There were roughly 7 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at SCU in the most recent year we have data available.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CT

UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport.

There were about 10 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at UBridgeport in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
87 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded

Pacific College New York is a small private for-profit college located in the large city of New York.

There were roughly 87 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at Pacific College New York in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine from Pacific College of Health and Science

8
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
125 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded

Acupuncture and Massage College is a small private for-profit college located in the small city of Miami.

There were about 125 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at Acupuncture and Massage College in the most recent data year.

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9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY
45 Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded

New York College of Health Professions is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Syosset.

There were about 45 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at New York College of Health Professions in the most recent year we have data available.

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10
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL

Located in the large city of Chicago, Pacific College Chicago is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

There were about 23 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at Pacific College Chicago in the most recent data year.

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Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine by Region

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Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is one of 7 different types of Alternative Medicine & Systems programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Holistic/Integrative Health 485
General Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems 360
Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy 269
Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda 181
Other Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems 112
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology 109

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