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The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA), which is authorized to accredit colleges of osteopathic medicine by the U.S. Department of Education. Ohio University is accredited by the Higher Leaning Commission, which is one of six regional accreditors in the United States. It accredits degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions in 19 states in the central region.
For more information on accreditation at Ohio University please visit: https://www.ohio.edu/provost/accreditation
COCA website: https://osteopathic.org/accreditation/
COCA 2023 COM Continuing Accreditation Standards (effective September 26, 2023 and revised October 1, 2024); https://osteopathic.org/index.php?aam-media=/wp-content/uploads/COCA-2023-COM-Continuing-Standards.pdf
The COCA 2026 COM Continuing Accreditation Standards (effective 7/1/26) can also be found at: https://osteopathic.org/accreditation/standards/
Official correspondence to COCA should be addressed to the Secretary of the COCA at the address below.
Secretary of the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation
American Osteopathic Association
142 E. Ontario St.
Chicago, IL 60611-2864
Phone: 312.202.8124
Email: predoc@osteopathic.org
Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine is compliant with all COCA accreditation standards/elements and has been awarded the status of Accreditation with Exceptional Outcome. To learn more about board passage rates, student debt and loan default rates, graduation rates, the number of Heritage College graduates successfully matching to residency programs, and program learning outcomes and assessment; please visit the Heritage College Office of Institutional Assessment and Accreditation (OIAA) at: https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/about/offices/assessment-and-accreditation/
Heritage College Accreditation webpage: https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/about/who-we-are/accreditation
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