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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest 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 853 degrees in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy during the 2021-2022 academic year.
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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region Schools in Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy
It's hard to beat Midwestern University - Glendale if you wish to pursue a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. Located in the suburb of Glendale, Midwestern University - Glendale is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 231 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at Midwestern University - Glendale in the most recent year we have data available.
University of North Texas Health Science Center is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. UNT Health Science Center is a small public university located in the city of Fort Worth.
There were approximately 228 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at UNT Health Science Center in the most recent data year.
University of the Incarnate Word is a good option for students pursuing a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.
There were about 141 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at UIW in the most recent data year.
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.
