Michigan State University (College of Osteopathic Medicine)

Medical School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

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Research rank Category Name Rank Not Published Best Research

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Primary care rank Category Name #11 Best Primary Care

Specialties Locked in Family medicine

Medical School Overview

The College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University has an application deadline of December 1. The application fee at Michigan State University is $100. Its tuition is full-time: $38,577 (in-state) and full-time: $80,466 (out-of-state). The faculty-student ratio at Michigan State University is 0.2:1. The College of Osteopathic Medicine has 240 full- and part-time faculty on staff. For the class of 2012, 93.7 percent of graduates from the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University who applied to residency programs were admitted to their first choice.

The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine grants doctor of medicine (M.D.) degrees. (MSU also has a College of Osteopathic Medicine, which grants a doctor of osteopathic medicine, or D.O., degree.) During their first year of study, students at the College of Human Medicine take courses in the basics of behavioral sciences, clinical sciences, biological science, and epidemiology. Clinical experience ramps up in the second year, and includes a mix of classroom study on topics such as medical ethics and health policy before students transition to a 77-week clinical experience for their final two years.

Demonstrating the school’s emphasis on community-based medicine, students at the College of Human Medicine complete their clinical study at one of the college’s seven campuses located in communities across Michigan, including Flint, Kalamazoo, Traverse City, and the Upper Peninsula.

The College of Human Medicine’s academic and clinical functions are bolstered by research centers that focus on medical dilemmas such as Parkinson’s disease and breast cancer. In fact, the school’s Breast Cancer and Environment Research Center is one of only four such centers in the country.

 

Admissions

Applications accepted	June 1 (Begins) December 1 (Ends)
Application fee	$100
AMCAS application accepted	No
AACOMAS application accepted	Yes

Academics

Full-time faculty	201
Full-time faculty-student ratio	0.2:1

Student Body

Total medical school enrollment	1,254
Gender distribution

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $38,577 (in-state) Full-time: $80,466 (out-of-state)
Required fees	$70

Residency

Graduates admitted to their first-choice residency program	93.7%
Most popular residency and specialty programs (2011 and 2012 classes)
anesthesiology obstetrics and gynecology emergency medicine orthopaedic surgery family practice pediatrics internal medicine psychiatry neurology transitional year

* Medical School Overview details based on 2012 data