Fast Facts

• A leader in providing opportunities for medical education to New Jersey students. For the most recent class, the class of 2011, 80% of students are New Jersey residents, with 22% from South Jersey.
• A leader in diversity.  Ranked #1 of all U.S.Osteopathic Medical Schools in percentage of underrepresented minority student enrollment (21%), total minority student enrollment (46%) and female enrollment (56%).
• Largest Graduate Medical Education Program (200+ interns, residents and fellows) as compared to all U.S. Osteopathic Medical Schools.
• Largest number of faculty as compared to all U.S. Osteopathic Medical Schools, with 187 full-time faculty, 33 part-time faculty, and over 385 volunteer faculty.
• A major source of primary care physicians for the State and South Jersey. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of SOM’s graduates practice in the State, of whom 52% deliver primary care.
• Expanding class size to meet projected future physician need. Both SOM’s accrediting body and the University have formally approved increasing class size to 150 over the next several years to respond to the need for more physicians.
• Strong Community Service Mission, sponsoring the three Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) in Camden City, Bridgeton/Vineland and Atlantic City for over 30 years, and serving Camden City through the Camden Free Clinic and St. Luke’s-Latino Health Center.
• Among the largest network of clinical affiliates as compared to all U.S. Osteopathic Medical Schools.  SOM’s principal hospital system, Kennedy Health System (Cherry Hill, Stratford & 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 serve a diverse and growing population of about 1.2 million.
• A leader in patient care - 250,000 patients per year to The University Doctors, SOM’s Faculty Practice Plan.
• 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.
• 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.
• Statewide Centers of Excellence focused on the needs of New Jersey and the nation:

• The School is conveniently located in the heart of the Northeast Corridor—Just 12 miles from Philadelphia, 52 miles from Atlantic City, 90 miles from New York City and 144 miles from Washington, D.C.