Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #108 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,921 degrees in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy annually.
Choosing a Great Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy School
The osteopathic medicine/osteopathy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy rankings. We derive our Best Overall Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy in the Southeast Region
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 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy
Nova Southeastern University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. NUS Florida is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale. A Best Colleges rank of #263 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NUS Florida is a great university overall.
There were about 231 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at NUS Florida in the most recent year we have data available.
Lincoln Memorial University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. LMU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the town of Harrogate. A Best Colleges rank of #618 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means LMU is a great university overall.
There were about 227 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at LMU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Pikeville if you want to pursue a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. Located in the remote town of Pikeville, UPIKE is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 28th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 126 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at UPIKE in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Campbell University if you want to pursue a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. Campbell is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Buies Creek. This university ranks 49th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 148 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #265 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 144 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, William Carey University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 7th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were approximately 83 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at William Carey University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The osteopathic medicine/osteopathy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy rankings. We derive our Best Overall Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
