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Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Erie, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Erie, Pennsylvania. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 4,133 students in fall 2024, including 4 undergraduates and 4,129 graduate students. It is part of LECOM Health System.

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine offers certificates, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 17 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry. It awarded 1,142 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 9 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 2 to 1.

Key figures

4,133
Students enrolled
1,142
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
17
Programs and majors
2:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 17

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 13
Education 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 3

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
2:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Master's degrees
153
Doctoral degrees (research)
9
Professional doctorates
962
Certificates of 2 to 4 years
4
Postbaccalaureate certificates
14

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
4,133
Undergraduates, fall 2024
4
Graduate students, fall 2024
4,129
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
4,440
Undergraduates, 2024-25
5
Graduate students, 2024-25
4,435
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
58%
Men
42%
White
54%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
4%
Asian
28%
Two or more races
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
9
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
9%
Students taking some online courses
10%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
LECOM Health System
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers
President & CEO
John M. Ferretti, D.O.
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates

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