attrition rate?

[chrisv]

Wherever I interview, I always hear them tell me of their first-time COMLEX pass rate. But what about the attrition rate? Do they not tell us because it's so insignificant (like 1 or 2 people drop out), or are we being kept in the dark? I know that some carribean schools have a high attrition rate, but what about osteopathic schools?

 

[dr.z]

Wherever I interview, I always hear them tell me of their first-time COMLEX pass rate. But what about the attrition rate? Do they not tell us because it's so insignificant (like 1 or 2 people drop out), or are we being kept in the dark? I know that some carribean schools have a high attrition rate, but what about osteopathic schools?

From what I heard they are very insignificant, but it depends on the school. You can talk to people attending the school and ask them.

 

[scpod]

Wherever I interview, I always hear them tell me of their first-time COMLEX pass rate. But what about the attrition rate? Do they not tell us because it's so insignificant (like 1 or 2 people drop out), or are we being kept in the dark? I know that some carribean schools have a high attrition rate, but what about osteopathic schools?

The average attrition rate for alll osteopathic schools is available from AACOM, but it is a couple of years behind. In the latest data, the rate of withdrawals/dismissals of 1st year sudents was 3.1% and the total rate was 5.6%. Leaves of abscence for 1st years was 1.2% and the total was 5.1%.

See http://aacom.org/data/annualreport/index.html Table 11 for details.