Institutional Snapshot

Enrollment*

Program	Fall 2021	Fall 2022	fall 2023	fall 2024
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine – RVUCOM (CO & UT)	1273	1340	1404	1500
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine – MCOM (MT)	–	–	80	209
Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences	81	87	65	81
Master of Physician Assistant Studies	106	104	102	104
Master of Medical Sciences	–	–	8	15
Master of Science in Medical Simulation	–	–	–	6
Global Health Certificate	–	–	–	18
Total	1460	1529	1656	1907

All students enrolled the first day of fall semester, end of term snapshot.
NOTE: Students enrolled in two programs concurrently are counted in both programs

Retention*

RVU Student Retention By Program and Entering Cohort – All Students

Entering Cohort¹	Total²	retained³	Graduated⁴	Enrolled Spring 2025⁵	Withdrawn/ dismissed
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine – RVUCOM
2019	296	283 (95.61%)	279 (94.26%)	4 (1.35%)	13 (4.39%)
2020	297	283 (95.29%)	233 (78.45%)	50 (16.84%)	14 (4.71%)
2021	376	352 (93.62%)	0	344 (91.49%)	24 (6.38%)
2022	372	359 (96.51%)	0	353 (94.89%)	13 (3.49%)
2023	375	364 (97.07%)	0	358 (95.47%)	11 (2.93%)
2024	376	373 (99.20%)	0	363 (96.54%)	3 (0.80%)
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine – MCOM
2023	80	79 (98.75%)	0	79 (98.75%)	1 (1.25%)
2024	130	130 (100%)	0	128 (98.46%)	0
Master of Physician Assistant Studies
2022	35	35 (100%)	33 (94.29%)	2 (5.71%)	0
2023	34	33 (97.06%)	0	33 (97.06%)	1 (2.94%)
2024	35	32 (91.43%)	0	31 (88.57%)	3 (8.57%)
Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences
2024	77	73 (94.81%)	0	64 (83.12%)	4 (5.19%)
Master of Medical Sciences
2023	8	8 (100%)	7 (87.50%)	1 (12.50%)	0
2024	14	14 (100%)	0	14 (100%)	0
Total	2505	2418 (96.53%)	552 (22.04%)	1824 (72.81%)	87 (3.47%)

NOTE: Table represents institutional measures (not used for ARC-PA, AACOM or COCA reporting)
¹The fall semester a student enters a program
²The size of the entering cohort of new students
³Students who graduated, are currently enrolled, or are on a leave of absence as of the date the report is run
⁴ Students who exit, re-apply and are re-admitted are included in graduation counts for their new cohort.
⁵Students still enrolled on first day of class Spring 2025

RVU Student Retention By Program and Entering Cohort – Under Represented Students

Entering semester¹	Total²	retained³	Graduated⁴	Enrolled Spring 2025⁵	Withdrawn/ dismissed
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine – RVUCOM
2019	35	32 (91.43%)	32 (91.43%)	0	3 (8.57%)
2020	37	35 (94.59%)	29 (78.38%)	6 (16.22%)	2 (5.41%)
2021	63	55 (87.30%)	0	54 (85.71%)	8 (12.70%)
2022	55	51 (92.73%)	0	49 (89.09%)	4 (7.27%)
2023	58	55 (94.83%)	0	54 (93.10%)	3 (5.17%)
2024	82	81 (98.78%)	0	76 (92.68%)	1 (1.22%)
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine – MCOM
2023	9	9 (100%)	0	9 (100%)	0
2024	15	15 (100%)	0	15 (100%)	0
Master of Physician Assistant Studies
2022	9	9 (100%)	9 (100%)	0	0
2023	8	7 (87.50%)	0	7 (87.50%)	1 (12.50%)
2024	8	7 (87.50%)	0	6 (75%)	1 (12.50%)
Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences
2024	29	27 (93.10%)	0	23 (79.31%)	2 (6.90%)
Master of Medical Sciences
2023	3	3 (100%)	2 (66.67%)	1 (33.33%)	0
2024	7	7 (100%)	0	7 (100%)	0
Total	418	393 (94.02%)	72 (17.22%)	307 (73.44%)	25 (5.98%)

NOTE: This is an institutional set of measures, not used for ARC-PA, AACOM or COCA submissions. Students may take a leave of absence and return to continue their studies. Under-represented Students: American Indian/Alaskan Native, Black or African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, two or more races
¹The year of the fall semester a student enters a program
²The size of the entering cohort of new students
³Students who graduated, are currently enrolled, or are on a leave of absence as of the date the report is run
⁴The student earned a degree at the institution in the program. If students exit, re-apply and are re-admitted, their graduation later is counted in their new cohort.
⁵The student is enrolled in Spring 2025 in the program, first day of class.

Degrees Conferred by Academic Program and Year*

Program	AY 20-21	AY 21-22	AY 22-23	AY 23-24
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine	255	279	287	260
Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences	50	64	72	57
Master of Physician Assistant Studies	31	35	34	33
Master of Medical Sciences	–	–	–	7
Global Health Certificate	–	–	–	5
Total	336	378	393	362

Annual credentials awarded July 1 – June 30 (academic year)

Degree Program Graduation Rates*

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine	Class of 2021	Class of 2022	Class of 2023	Class of 2024
4 Year Graduation Rate	77%	81%	86%	78%
5 Year Graduation Rate	91%	92%	94%	–
6 Year Graduation Rate	92%	93%	–	–

RVU mourns the death of one student in the graduating class of 2021 and one in the graduating class of 2022. To the extent possible, the data above reflect the accomplishments of these students prior to their passing.
Official rates submitted to accrediting body COCA, end of last academic year – rounded.

Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences	Class of 2021	Class of 2022	Class of 2023	Class of 2024
1 Year Graduation Rate	80%	76%	82%	84%
1.5 Year Graduation Rate	85%	83%	87%	90%
2 Year Graduation Rate	92%	87%	91%	–

Master of Physician Assistant Studies	Class of 2021	Class of 2022	Class of 2023	Class of 2024
2.25 Year Graduation Rate	97%	94%	92%	92%

Official rates submitted to ARC-PA, time limit set 2.25 years – rounded.

Master of Medical Sciences	Class of 2021	Class of 2022	Class of 2023	Class of 2024
1 Year Completion Rate	–	–	–	88%

Residency and Employment Placement Rates*

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (CO & UT)

Graduating class	number applying	number of residency placements	percentage placed
2025
Colorado	202	198	98.02%
Utah	134	134	100%
Total	336	332	98.81%
2024
Colorado	142	140	98.59%
Utah	122	120	98.39%
Total	264	260	98.48%
2023
Colorado	156	155	99.36%
Utah	132	132	100%
Total	288	287	99.65%
2022
Colorado	158	158	100%
Utah	123	121	98.37%
Total	281	279	99.29%
2021
Colorado	161	155	96.27%
Utah	105	100	95.24%
Total	266	255	95.86%
Grand Total	1099	1081	98.36%

Official rates submitted to COCA. Placement rates include match (NRMP, San Francisco, Military, Urology), SOAP, and scramble.
2025 rates are preliminary as of 3/28/2025.

Placement by Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Master of Physician Assistant Studies Job Placement Rates

Placement Rates	Class of 2020	Class of 2021	Class of 2022	Class of 2023
Family Medicine	38.7%	28.6%	29.41%	21.21%
Subspecialty (medical)	6.5%	8.6%	11.76%	6.06%
Subspecialty (surgical)	29%	37.1%	26.47%	33.33%
Internal Medicine	0%	8.6%	8.82%	9.09%
Emergency Medicine	9.7%	11.4%	5.88%	18.18%
Behavioral Health	9.7%	2.9%	5.88%	12.12%
Unknown/Not Employed/Other/Reapplied	6.5%	3%	11.76%	0%
Total	100%	100%	100%	99%

** Pending

Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Acceptance into Degree Program Rates

Acceptance Rates	Class of 2021	Class of 2022	Class of 2023	Class of 2024
RVU Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine	95%	97%	97%	96%
RVU Master of Physician Assistant Studies	0%	0%	0%	0%
Other Professional or Academic Degree	2%	3%	3%	2%
Other Career/Unknown Outcome	3%	0%	0%	2%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%

Master of Medical Sciences Acceptance into DO Degree Program Rates

Acceptance Rates	Class of 2021	Class of 2022	Class of 2023	Class of 2024
RVU Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine	–	–	–	100%

Student Demographics*

Gender	fall 2021	fall 2022	fall 2023	fall 2024
Male	51%	49%	47%	46%
Female	49%	51%	53%	54%

Race/Ethnicity	fall 2021	fall 2022	fall 2023	fall 2024
American Indian/Alaska Native	.27%	.20%	.30%	.26%
Asian	11.99%	12.69%	12.32%	14.79%
Black/African American	1.23%	1.90%	2.05%	2.88%
Hispanic/Latino	8.42%	8.96%	9.48%	10.28%
Nonresident Alien	0%	0.07%	0.3%	0.26%
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.05%
Two or More Races	4.32%	4.38%	4.29%	4.04%
Unknown	2.53%	1.83%	1.87%	2.05%
White	71.16%	69.91%	69.32%	65.39%

All students enrolled on the first day of fall semester, end of term snapshot

Full-Time Faculty Demographics*

Gender	2020	2021	2022	2023
Male	54%	51%	51%	49%
Female	46%	49%	49%	51%

Race/Ethnicity	2020	2021	2022	2023
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.61%	0%	.79%	.66%
Asian	8.87%	6.45%	7.14%	5.92%
Black/African American	1.61%	2.42%	1.59%	1.97%
Hispanic/Latino	1.61%	4.84%	3.97%	3.29%
U.S. Nonresident	0%	0%	0%	0%
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian	0%	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.61%	0%	1.59%	1.97%
Unknown	0.81%	0%	0%	0%
White	83.87%	86.29%	84.92%	86.18%

Snapshot as of November 1st annually, full-time and part-time

*All Data Certified as Accurate as of 3/3/2025 by Dr. Jeff E. Hoyt, Manager Institutional Research & Reporting.

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