Performance Outcomes
By synthesizing national board performance data, graduation rates, and residency placement data, we are able to accurately track the success of our students. In an effort to ensure continued student success, pass rates, mean performance, school trends, and national benchmarks are monitored and analyzed to inform the institutional quality improvement processes. The aggregate performance data are shared with Deans and departmental leadership to target curricular improvement in support of our students.
National Board Performance
The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) is the national examination for osteopathic physicians and each exam level is administered at different stages of medical training. COMLEX Level 1 is typically administered at the end of pre-clerkship training in medical school, COMLEX Level 2-CE during Clerkship training, and COMLEX Level 3 after medical school graduation and during residency. For students attending osteopathic institutions, passing the three required examinations is necessary for attaining medical licensure as an osteopathic physician (D.O.).
COMLEX First Time Pass Rates
Below is a table indicating the COMLEX first-time pass rates, based upon all Rowan-Virtua SOM students, by COMLEX Level, in the year-long testing cycle.
| Year* | Level 1 | Level 2-CE | Level 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowan-Virtua SOM | National | Rowan-Virtua SOM | National | Rowan-Virtua SOM | National | |
| 2019 - 2020 | 97% | 94% | 97% | 97% | 99% | 97% |
| 2020 - 2021 | 94% | 94% | 96% | 97% | 98% | 97% |
| 2021 - 2022 | 91% | 92% | 96% | 95% | 96% | 96% |
| 2022 - 2023 | 90% | 91% | 96% | 95% | 97% | 95% |
| 2023 - 2024 | 87% | 93% | 94% | 93% | TBD | TBD |
| 2024 - 2025 (YTD as of 9/16/24) |
94% | 92% | 94% | 93% | TBD | TBD |
*Rowan-Virtua SOM performance is reported by student cohort, which may vary from reports provided directly by the NBOME due to students within one cohort testing in different testing cycles.
Graduation Rates
Below is a table indicating the four, five, six, and seven-year graduation rates for the entering classes 2016-2020. Some students, including those enrolled in dual degree programs (DO/JD, DO/MBA, DO/MPH, DO/MS, and DO/PhD) take longer to complete their studies. Graduation rates are reported annually, in accordance with the academic year calendar (June 30th).
Graduation Rates
|
Entering
Class |
Entering Student
Cohort |
Transfer
In |
Transfer
Out |
Final Student
Cohort |
Dual
Degree |
Four
Years
|
Five
Years |
Six
Years |
Seven
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2016
|
186
|
3
|
0
|
189
|
1 | 86.2% |
91.5%
|
93.7%
|
94.2%
|
|
2017
|
186
|
0
|
0
|
186
|
1 | 81.7% |
93.5%
|
94.6%
|
95.2%
|
|
2018
|
200
|
0 |
1
|
199
|
3 | 84.4% |
95.0%
|
97.0%
|
|
|
2019
|
202
|
1 |
0
|
203
|
3 | 86.7% |
94.0%
|
|
|
|
2020
|
216
|
0 |
0
|
216
|
1 | 84.3% |
|
|
|
Residency Placement Data
Rowan-Virtua SOM medical students participate in the National Residency Match Program (NRMP), that matches students into graduate medical education (GME) positions in the United States for completion of their postdoctoral training.
Rowan-Virtua SOM prepares future physicians who are committed to improving health in communities in New Jersey and throughout the nation and has consistently achieved high rates of student placement in accredited post-graduate medical education programs. Rowan-Virtua SOM continues to fulfill its mission of serving the state by graduating students that largely place into NJ residencies, and who meet the primary and specialty care needs of its communities.
Demographic match data on race, ethnicity, and gender can be requested through the Academic Services office.
Residency Placement
| Match Year | Overall % of Students Matched |
Primary Care Placement | NJ Programs Placement |
Military Placement |
Programs with Osteopathic Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 99% | 53% | 40% | 1% | - |
| 2021 | 99% | 57% | 48% | 2% | 11% |
| 2022 | 99% | 51% | 49% | 2% | 12% |
| 2023 | 100% | 59% | 47% | 2% | 15% |
| 2024 | 100% | 52% | 45% | 1% | 15% |
Residency Placement by Specialty (Match Year 2024)
| Specialties | % of Students Matched | Specialties | % of Students Matched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | 5% | Otolaryngology | 1% |
| Child Neurology | 1% | Pathology | 1% |
| Emergency Medicine | 9% | Pediatrics | 8% |
| Family Medicine | 14% | Physical Med & Rehab | 6% |
| Internal Medicine/Medicine-Primary | 25% | Psychiatry | 8% |
| Interventional Radiology | 1% | Radiology-Diagnostic | 2% |
| Neurology | 1% | Surgery - General | 3% |
| Obstetrics-Gynecology | 5% | Surgery - Prelim (only) | 1% |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | 3% | Transitional Year (only) | 4% |
| Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine | 1% | Urology | 1% |