Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine
About
Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine is an accredited institution located in Bradenton, Florida, founded in 2001. It offers joint Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine, with a notable focus on East Asian medicine and integration with Western healthcare practices.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- Failing1 · 100.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
Action history · 1
- Aug 2023Approved for Distance EducationAccreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
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 $1.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 38 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (2.6%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Dragonrises
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Dragonrises vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Dragonrises selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectDragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine | — | — | 71 | — | — |
Academy for Five Element Acupuncture | — | — | 39 | — | — |
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences | — | — | 114 | — | — |
Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley | — | — | 115 | — | — |
Acupuncture and Massage College | 14% | — | — | $34,656 | — |
American Academy of Health and Wellness | — | — | 29 | — | — |
American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med | — | — | 76 | — | — |
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine | — | — | — | — | — |
Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | — | — | 19 | — | — |
Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine | — | — | 89 | — | — |
Colorado Chinese Medicine University | — | — | 89 | — | — |
Dongguk University Los Angeles | — | — | 102 | — | — |
East West College of Natural Medicine | 100% | — | 27 | — | — |
Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine | — | — | 42 | — | — |
Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine | — | — | 150 | — | — |
Institute of Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine | — | — | 61 | — | — |
Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture | — | — | 32 | — | — |
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Racine | — | — | 37 | — | — |
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Skokie | — | — | 30 | — | — |
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine | — | — | 172 | — | — |
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine | — | — | — | — | — |
Pacific College of Health and Science | — | — | 786 | $39,710 | — |
Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine & Acupuncture | — | — | 118 | — | — |
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine | — | — | 50 | — | — |
Southern California University of Health Sciences | — | — | 2,008 | $45,633 | — |
Texas Health and Science University | — | — | 92 | — | — |
University of East-West Medicine | — | — | 81 | — | — |
Won Institute of Graduate Studies | — | — | 118 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 57% | — | 81 | $39,710 |
Reports & documents (1)
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