Fast Facts

UMDNJ-SOM is a leader in providing opportunities for medical education to New Jersey students. For the incoming class of 150 students, over 75% of students are New Jersey residents, with 23% from South Jersey.
UMDNJ-SOM is ranked #1 of all U.S. Osteopathic Medical Schools in percentage of underrepresented minority student enrollment (20%), total minority student enrollment (50%) and female enrollment (55%).
UMDNJ-SOM has one of the largest Graduate Medical Education Programs (250+ interns, residents and fellows) of all U.S. Osteopathic Medical Schools.
UMDNJ-SOM has among the largest number of faculty as compared to all U.S. Osteopathic Medical Schools, with 195 full-time faculty, 42 part-time faculty, and over 380 volunteer faculty.
UMDNJ-SOM is a major source of primary care physicians for the State and South Jersey. Of the more than 1,700 graduates of UMDNJ-SOM, 55% practice in the State, about half of whom deliver primary care. For an estimated ten percent (10%) of UMDNJ-SOM alumni, at least half of their practice hours are in medically underserved communities.
UMDNJ-SOM is at the forefront of addressing the need for more physicians; it has expanded class size by 50% over the past two years.
UMDNJ-SOM has a strong Community Service Mission, sponsoring the three Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) in Bridgeton/Vineland, Camden City, and Atlantic City for over 30 years, and serving Camden City through the Camden Free Clinic and St. Luke’s-Latino Health Center.
UMDNJ-SOM has a large network of clinical affiliates in South Jersey. UMDNJ-SOM’s principal hospital system, Kennedy University Hospital (Cherry Hill, Stratford and Washington Township), and major teaching affiliate, Lourdes Health System (Camden and Willingboro) represent five inpatient sites in three counties, handle about 60,000 admissions per year and a diverse and growing population of about 1.2 million.
UMDNJ-SOM is a leader in patient care - 250,000 patients per year to The University Doctors, UMDNJ-SOM’s Faculty Practice Plan.
UMDNJ-SOM promotes interdisciplinary collaboration in education, service and research with five other schools of UMDNJ that offer programs on the 32-acre Stratford campus: the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; the School of Nursing; the School of Health Related Professions; the School of Public Health; and the New Jersey Dental School.
The economic impact of the UMDNJ Stratford campus continues to grow, as it provides over 1,300 jobs, with an annual payroll of nearly $80 million. At the same time, the housing and living needs of approximately 1,200 students attending the six schools on the campus are a significant generator of economic activity for Stratford and the region.
UMDNJ-SOM is a leader in research and extramural funding, including funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as compared to all U.S. osteopathic medical schools.
The NJ Institute for Successful Aging at UMDNJ-SOM is ranked among U.S. medical schools for geriatric medical education by U.S. News and World Report – and has been among the top 20 schools for ten consecutive years.
The Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute at UMDNJ-SOM is a national leader in the development of comprehensive diagnostic and treatment programs to address both the medical and mental health needs of children experiencing abuse. The federal government has recognized the CARES treatment program as the national model for detecting and treating child victims of sexual abuse and their families.
The NeuroMusculoskeletal Institute (NMI) uses a unique multi-disciplinary approach that includes physical medicine and rehabilitation, physical therapy, interventional procedures, osteopathic manipulation, headache specialists, orthopedic surgery, a medically-supervised gym, and a specialized program for pain management in patients infected with HIV.