If you pursue a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #108 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 940 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for osteopathic medicine/osteopathy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of osteopathic medicine/osteopathy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy
It's difficult to beat A T Still University of Health Sciences if you want to pursue a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. Located in the remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 286 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at A T Still University of Health Sciences in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy has to check out Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center. Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Des Moines.
There were approximately 220 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences if you wish to pursue a degree in osteopathic medicine/osteopathy. KCU - Kansas City is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Kansas City.
There were roughly 278 osteopathic medicine/osteopathy students who graduated with this degree at KCU - Kansas City 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).