VCOM 2020 Annual Report

MEET THE STUDENTS

An Answer toTomorrow’s Rural Physician Needs M any of VCOM’s students come from rural and small- size Appalachian and Delta communities. Forty-eight percent of VCOM students are from populations of less than 30,000 residents, with 23% of those coming from rural communities of less than 10,000 residents.

There are currently 490 students enrolled from rural communities of less than 10,000

Current VCOM students’ home communities by population Classes of 2020-2023

23 %

23 %

23% 23%

 48 % total students are from rural communities of less than 30,000

<10,000

10,000- 29,999

30,000-49,999

15 %

25 %

50,000-99,999

15%

14 %

25%

>100,000

14%

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