4-Year Graduation/OMS-1 Attrition Rate for New COMs

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I was curious on how the newer COMs were doing so I did a little digging.

The OMS-1 attrition rate/4-year graduation rate is only accurate for the inaugural class due to students potentially repeating. For subsequent years I took number of OMS-1 students enrolled, subtracted that from the school's max enrollment allotment (150 base * 1.08 allowed =162) and then divided the OMS-2 enrollment by that number. This isn't perfect since some years schools chose to enroll 161 new matriculates (including one year where CUSOM opted to only take 150 new students) but its close.

I.e ACOM had 153 OMS-2 students from a OMS-1 size of 162 which means 9 students did not pass OMS-1. The OMS-1 class after that had 163 students, one over their allowed 162 which means one student repeated the year. So a total of 8 students either dropped out/took a LOA from ACOM's inaugural class.

ACOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4OMS-1 Attrition4-Yr Graduation Rate
2013-20141621531341284.94%
79.01%​
2014-2015163151150145-0.61%
88.96%​
2015-20161751591621615.71%
92.00%​
2016-2017168159157-1.19%
2017-20181731601.16%
2018-2019173
CUSOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2013-2014
162​
156​
156​
156​
2.47%
96.30%​
2014-2015
164​
157​
155​
153​
3.05%
93.29%​
2015-2016
164​
158​
163​
155​
0.00%
94.51%​
2016-2017
168​
166​
162​
8.33%
2017-2018
150
156
-5.33%
2018-2019
164​
MUCOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2013-2014
162​
144​
141​
137​
2.47%
84.57%​
2014-2015
176​
160​
158​
157​
3.41%
89.20%​
2015-2016
172​
156​
159​
160​
4.65%
93.02%​
2016-2017
170​
160​
158​
0.00%
2017-2018
172​
156​
1.16%
2018-2019
176​
VCOM-AU
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2015-2016
162​
159​
154​
152​
0.00%
93.83%​
2016-2017
165​
164​
161​
1.21%
2017-2018
161​
155​
2.48%
2018-2019
164​
BCOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2016-2017
162​
157​
147​
3.09%
2017-2018
162​
160​
-2.47%
2018-2019
168​
ARCOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2017-2018
162​
152​
4.32%
2018-2019
165​

Data pulled from: https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-...2000-19-fyebycomandre.xlsx?sfvrsn=c1ef4297_62

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I was curious on how the newer COMs were doing so I did a little digging.

The OMS-1 attrition rate/4-year graduation rate is only accurate for the inaugural class due to students potentially repeating. For subsequent years I took number of OMS-1 students enrolled, subtracted that from the school's max enrollment allotment (150 base * 1.08 allowed =162) and then divided the OMS-2 enrollment by that number. This isn't perfect since some years schools chose to enroll 161 new matriculates (including one year where CUSOM opted to only take 150 new students) but its close.

I.e ACOM had 153 OMS-2 students from a OMS-1 size of 162 which means 9 students did not pass OMS-1. The OMS-1 class after that had 163 students, one over their allowed 162 which means one student repeated the year. So a total of 8 students either dropped out/took a LOA from ACOM's inaugural class.

ACOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4OMS-1 Attrition4-Yr Graduation Rate
2013-20141621531341284.94%
79.01%​
2014-2015163151150145-0.61%
88.96%​
2015-20161751591621615.71%
92.00%​
2016-2017168159157-1.19%
2017-20181731601.16%
2018-2019173
CUSOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2013-2014
162​
156​
156​
156​
2.47%
96.30%​
2014-2015
164​
157​
155​
153​
3.05%
93.29%​
2015-2016
164​
158​
163​
155​
0.00%
94.51%​
2016-2017
168​
166​
162​
8.33%
2017-2018
150
156
-5.33%
2018-2019
164​
MUCOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2013-2014
162​
144​
141​
137​
2.47%
84.57%​
2014-2015
176​
160​
158​
157​
3.41%
89.20%​
2015-2016
172​
156​
159​
160​
4.65%
93.02%​
2016-2017
170​
160​
158​
0.00%
2017-2018
172​
156​
1.16%
2018-2019
176​
VCOM-AU
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2015-2016
162​
159​
154​
152​
0.00%
93.83%​
2016-2017
165​
164​
161​
1.21%
2017-2018
161​
155​
2.48%
2018-2019
164​
BCOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2016-2017
162​
157​
147​
3.09%
2017-2018
162​
160​
-2.47%
2018-2019
168​
ARCOM
OMS-1OMS-2OMS-3OMS-4
2017-2018
162​
152​
4.32%
2018-2019
165​

Data pulled from: https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-...2000-19-fyebycomandre.xlsx?sfvrsn=c1ef4297_62

Thanks for doing this! Now I’m curious about all the other schools as well.
 
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I would think about 5% attrition the first year would be about right. Our school loses about that amount, about 2.5 % for grades and about 2.5% who realize medicine is not for them. Remember, attrition can mean LOA or repeating the year.
 
I would think about 5% attrition the first year would be about right. Our school loses about that amount, about 2.5 % for grades and about 2.5% who realize medicine is not for them. Remember, attrition can mean LOA or repeating the year.
Our numbers are a tad lower, but this is pretty much ballpark for most med schools.
 
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