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Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine

Fort Lauderdale, Florida·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·atom.edu
Total enrollment
89
peer median 115
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About

The Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine is a graduate-level institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It offers Master's and Doctorate programs in Oriental Medicine and focuses on training for acupuncture and holistic health care. The year of founding is not mentioned.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 3 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 2 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
3
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
33.3% of portfolio
Fail rate
33.3%
+32.7pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

3programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data2 · 66.7%
  • Failing1 · 33.3%

Severity spectrum

Critical
1
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
2

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

1
Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-60.9%
$20,137 vs $51,545

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

1
Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
305%
$61,500 debt · $20,137 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

Accredited since 1999Next review Aug 2030

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 3

  1. Feb 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine · Doctor of Acupuncture (DAOM) - Professional post-graduate doctoral programs in acupuncture and in Oriental Medicine
  2. Aug 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
  3. Aug 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine · Master's Degree- Oriental Medicine in English (MDOME)

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $2.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
null total
Direct Loans
$2.3M
124 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Unsubsidized · UG$48K
7 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.3M
88 loan awards
Grad PLUS$1000K
29 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 47 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.0%
-2.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
47
Defaulted
0
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
1.8%
2017
6.1%
2018
4.8%
2019
0.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at ATOM

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs2
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

44 total completions
01Health Professions
44100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
89
12-mo unduplicated
162

Gender split

Men
17%27
Women
83%135

Race / ethnicity composition

White
37.8%
Hispanic
18.9%
Unknown
17.6%
Asian
10.8%
Black
9.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
4.0%
Non-resident
1.4%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1068.97
155 offenses · 145 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago870.971 yr ago1068.97Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
263
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
78
Aggravated assault
44
Robbery
25
Rape
8

By location

155total
  • Public property155

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
15.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
7

ATOM vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions ATOM selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectAtlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine
89
Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
39
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences
114
Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley
115
Adler Graduate School
275
Appalachian College of Pharmacy
113
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences
80%45.9%286$21,873
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences
193
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc
169
Dongguk University Los Angeles
102
Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine
71
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School
192
Institute for Clinical Social Work
121
Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture
32
Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine
69
Lakeview College of Nursing
66
Midwives College of Utah
40%85.7%239$26,463
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
Saint Anthony College of Nursing
263
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine
50
Southwestern College
289
St. John's College-Department of Nursing
132
The Chicago School at Dallas
219
The Chicago School at San Diego
112
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology
243
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences
65
Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology
78
Won Institute of Graduate Studies
118
Wongu University of Oriental Medicine
29
Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
166
Peer group median60%65.8%115$24,168

Reports & documents (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Frequently asked questions about Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about ATOM.

How many students attend Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine?

Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine reports a total enrollment of 89 students per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine located?

Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301-3510.

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