About
The University of East-West Medicine is a higher education institution located in Sunnyvale, California, focused on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and integrative health. It offers programs including a Master of Acupuncture with a Chinese Herbal Medicine Specialization and a Doctor of Acupuncture with a Chinese Medicine Specialization. The founding year is not mentioned on the site.
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 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 7
- Aug 2021Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine · Master's Degree- Oriental Medicine in English (MDOME)
- Aug 2021Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
- Nov 2019Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: OtherAccreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine · Doctor of Acupuncture (DAOM) - Professional post-graduate doctoral programs in acupuncture and in Oriental Medicine
- Aug 2016Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine · Master's Degree- Oriental Medicine in Korean (MDOMK)
- Aug 2016Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine · Master's Degree- Oriental Medicine in English (MDOME)
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 $121K 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 76 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (3.9%) 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 UEWM
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
UEWM vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UEWM 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.
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SubjectUniversity of East-West Medicine | — | — | 81 | — | — |
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| — | — | 76 | — | — | |
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| — | — | 89 | — | — | |
| — | — | 734 | — | Doctoral/Professional | |
| — | — | 89 | — | — | |
| — | — | 102 | — | — | |
| 100% | — | 27 | — | — | |
| — | — | 150 | — | — | |
| — | — | 321 | — | — | |
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| — | — | 414 | — | — | |
| — | — | 172 | — | — | |
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| — | — | 786 | $39,710 | — | |
| — | — | 50 | — | — | |
| — | — | 198 | — | — | |
| — | — | 92 | — | — | |
| — | — | 118 | — | — | |
| — | — | 166 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 100% | — | 114 | $39,710 |
Institutions like UEWM
Explore the federal data for institutions in UEWM's comparison group.
- California
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment114Net price—View data - California
Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment115Net price—View data - Texas
American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment76Net price—View data - Texas
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price—View data - Florida
Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment89Net price—View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalWashington
Bastyr University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment734Net price—View data - Colorado
Colorado Chinese Medicine University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment89Net price—View data - California
Dongguk University Los Angeles
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment102Net price—View data - Florida
East West College of Natural Medicine
Grad rate100%Admit rate—Enrollment27Net price—View data - California
Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment150Net price—View data - California
Five Branches University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment321Net price—View data - Florida
Florida College of Integrative Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment54Net price—View data - Hawaii
Institute of Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment61Net price—View data - Maryland
Maryland University of Integrative Health
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment544Net price—View data - Wisconsin
Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Racine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment37Net price—View data - Oregon
National University of Natural Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment414Net price—View data - New York
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment172Net price—View data - Oregon
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price—View data - California
Pacific College of Health and Science
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment786Net price$39,710View data - Washington
Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment50Net price—View data - California
South Baylo University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment198Net price—View data - Texas
Texas Health and Science University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment92Net price—View data - Pennsylvania
Won Institute of Graduate Studies
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment118Net price—View data - California
Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment166Net price—View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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