Residency Placements and Match Results
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ COM Residency Placements
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ COM graduates have accepted residencies in Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine; Internal Medicine; Pediatrics; Neurology; Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pathology; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Psychiatry; and General, Orthopedic, Neuro, and Vascular Surgery. More details regarding our placement rates can be obtained by contacting our Office of Clinical Education at comclinicaleducation@une.edu.
Residency Match Information
| ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Class Year | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class Size | 169 | 165 | 170 | 169 |
| Number of Students Placed in GME | 167 | 163 | 167 | 166 |
| American Osteopathic Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education | 158 | 154 | 160 | 160 |
| Military | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Deferred post-graduate training by 1 year | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Placement Rate | 99% | 99% | 98% | 98% |
Celebrate Match Day with the Class of 2024
Residencies by Specialty
³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ COM Class of 2025 matched in a variety of specialties and will be training in sites across the country.
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Post-Graduate Training Destinations
Post-graduate training destinations and specialties for ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ COM graduates from 2021–2025.
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Retention and Graduation Rates
| Start Term | Cohort Size | 1-Year Return Rate | 2-Year Return Rate | 3-Year Return Rate | 4-Year Grad Rate | 5-Year Grad Rate | 6-Year Grad Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2017 | 178 | 98.9% | 99.4% | 98.3% | 90.4% | 98.3% | 98.9% |
| Summer 2018 | 178 | 98.3% | 96.6% | 92.7% | 84.3% | 93.3% | 94.9% |
| Summer 2019 | 177 | 98.3% | 90.4% | 96.0% | 87.0% | 94.4% | 96.0% |
| Summer 2020 | 175 | 97.7% | 97.7% | 94.9% | 84.0% | 94.3% | Not yet available |
| Summer 2021 | 176 | 96.6% | 97.7% | 96.0% | 85.8% | Not yet available | Not yet available |
| Summer 2022 | 176 | 99.4% | 98.9% | 97.7% | Not yet available | Not yet available | Not yet available |
| Summer 2023 | 176 | 99.4% | 96.6% | Not yet available | Not yet available | Not yet available | Not yet available |
| Summer 2024 | 175 | 98.3% | Not yet available | Not yet available | Not yet available | Not yet available | Not yet available |
Cohorts include students who start the program each July and remain enrolled on October 15 of that year. Any student who leaves before October 15 is not included.
Return rates include students registered for classes; does not include students on LOA at the time.
COM By the Numbers
percentage of our graduates that practice in primary care disciplines
provider of physicians for Maine.
We rank in the top five for mean score on the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the U.S. Levels 1 and 2.
COMLEX-USA
All osteopathic medical students are required to take COMLEX Levels 1 and 2. COMLEX Level 3 is taken during post-graduate medical training. The provides the following description of the COMLEX exams:
"The COMLEX-USA series is designed to assess the osteopathic medical knowledge and clinical skills considered essential for osteopathic generalist physicians to practice medicine without supervision. COMLEX-USA is constructed in the context of medical problem-solving, which involves clinical presentations and physician tasks." For additional information on the NBOME and COMLEX exams, please refer to the website.
Students take the COMLEX level 1 following completion of their second year and level 2 after completion of their third year. Level 3 must be taken after graduation and during residency.
First-Time Pass Rates for COMLEX-USA Level 1
| Testing Cycle | First-Time Pass Rate | National Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| May 2020–April 2021 | 98.1% | 93.7% |
| May 2021–April 2022 | 94.4% | 92.2% |
| May 2022–April 2023 | 95.9% | 90.6% |
| May 2023–April 2024 | 97.7% | 93.1% |
| May 2024–April 2025 | 95.1% | 90.3% |
First-Time Pass Rates for COMLEX Level 2 Cognitive Evaluation (CE)
| Testing Cycle | First-Time Pass Rate | National Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| June 2020–May 2021 | 98.3% | 96.5% |
| June 2021–May 2022 | 97.6% | 95% |
| June 2022–May 2023 | 97.7% | 94.5% |
| June 2023–April 2024 | 90.8% | 92.5% |
| June 2024–April 2025 | 91.6% | 91.3% |
First-Time Pass Rate for COMLEX-USA Level 3
| Testing Cycle | First-Time Pass Rate | Number of Students |
|---|---|---|
| January 2020–December 2020 | 98.7% | 156 |
| January 2021–December 2021 | 97.5% | 157 |
| January 2022–December 2022 | 98.5% | 196 |
| January 2023–December 2023 | 98.5% | 190 |
| January 2024–December 2024 | 99.4% | 167 |
*Data represent all test takers during the specified cycle. First-time test taker results for these cycles are not yet available from NBOME.