About
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) is a private medical school and academic health center in Erie, Pennsylvania. LECOM has a large branch campus in Bradenton, Florida, and additional locations in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and Elmira, New York. Founded in 1992, LECOM confers medical (DO), dental (DMD), podiatry (DPM), pharmacy (PharmD) degrees, as well as master's and doctoral degrees in the health sciences.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 22 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 17 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 22.7%
- No Data17 · 77.3%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 3
Action history · 11
- Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Osteopathic Association, Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation · Osteopathic Medicine (OSTEO) - Programs leading to the D.O. degree
- Aug 2023Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Oct 2022Initial AccreditationAmerican Podiatric Medical Association, Council on Podiatric Medical Education · Podiatry (POD) - Colleges of podiatric medicine, including first-professional and graduate degree programs
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 $218.4M 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 960 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (0.6%) defaulted within three years — below 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 LECOM
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
- On campus9
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
LECOM vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions LECOM 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine | — | — | 4,133 | — | — |
| — | — | 3,466 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,534 | — | — | |
| — | — | 2,109 | — | — | |
| — | — | 2,567 | — | — | |
| — | — | 3,738 | — | — | |
| — | — | 665 | — | — | |
| 76% | 60.8% | 11,937 | $29,627 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| — | 0.0% | 1,144 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,600 | — | — | |
| — | — | 3,665 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 76% | 30.4% | 2,567 | $29,627 |
Institutions like LECOM
Explore the federal data for institutions in LECOM's comparison group.
- Missouri
A T Still University of Health Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,466Net price—View data - Iowa
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,534Net price—View data - Missouri
Kansas City University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,109Net price—View data - Illinois
Midwestern University-Downers Grove
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,567Net price—View data - Arizona
Midwestern University-Glendale
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,738Net price—View data - Washington
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment665Net price—View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalNew York
Touro University
Grad rate76%Admit rate60.8%Enrollment11,937Net price$29,627View data - California
Touro University California
Grad rate—Admit rate0.0%Enrollment1,144Net price—View data - Nevada
Touro University Nevada
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,600Net price—View data - California
Western University of Health Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,665Net price—View data
LECOM Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Mathew J. BatemanAssistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of LECOM (5)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Alice Briones
- Zeb Cope
- James J. Thompson
- Tyler JohnsonPolitics
- Ryan McDonoughCardiology
Frequently asked questions about Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about LECOM.
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About the data on this page
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