Retention Rates

[DeepValue]

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Is there any official data on retention rates for individual DO schools? As in the percentage of the starting class that makes it to graduation? I can't find specific data for each individual school and am just relying on hearsay/rumors that I've heard.

 

[howdoiknow]

The better DO schools tend to have better retention rates (more resources to help students, less "inefficient" curriculum). Off the top of my head my friends lost around 10% of their matriculating class by the second year due to failing COMLEX too many times or just failing too many courses and another 2-3% by graduation. This was at "bottom tier" DO schools

 

[Goro]

At my school, it's between 1-4%.

 

[TragicalDrFaust]

Adding to the hear say but at my middle of the road DO school, we had maybe 5 students from the class or two above us become part of our class this year (OMS-2) and a similar number join the class below us or take LOA. Each class is about 180 students. I know of one student in my class who just didn’t show up after the first week first year.

Mental health and big life events like becoming a parent are the most common causes as far as I can discern.