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Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

Portland, Oregon·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·ocom.edu
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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
-31.8%
$39,542 vs $58,014

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
405%
$159,930 debt · $39,542 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

PreaccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Accredited since 2008

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 1

  1. Feb 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine · Acupuncture (ACUP) - Professional master's degree and professional master's level certificate and diploma programs in acupuncture and oriental medicine

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 $1.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
null total
Direct Loans
$1.2M
121 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 · Grad$404K
61 loan awards
Grad PLUS$748K
60 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 62 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
62
Defaulted
0
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2015
3.2%
2016
5.0%
2017
0.0%
2018
0.0%
2019
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at OCOM

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs0
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
13.10
3 offenses · 229 students

3-year trend

3.852 yrs ago4.081 yr ago13.10Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
5
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
6
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
2
Aggravated assault
1

By location

3total
  • On campus1
  • Non-campus1
  • Public property1

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
1
Stalking
2 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

OCOM vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions OCOM 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
SubjectOregon College of Oriental Medicine
National University of Natural Medicine
414
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences
114
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
30%38.7%852$27,789
Life Chiropractic College West
618
Southern California University of Health Sciences
2,008$45,633
Peer group median30%38.7%618$36,711

Frequently asked questions about Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about OCOM.

Where is Oregon College of Oriental Medicine located?

Oregon College of Oriental Medicine is located in Portland, Oregon 97209.

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