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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. 

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%

 

See more information regarding Rowan-Virtua SOM students' locations and specialties for the most recent match! 

View 2024 Match Results