VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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IMPACT

VCOM’s Commitment to Military Service

L ike many U.S. communities, the armed services face a shortage of medical personnel. The Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) helps fill this gap by covering tuition, fees, health insurance, and providing a stipend for medical students who commit to serving as military physicians. Recipients repay the

scholarship with one year of service per year funded, with additional obligations possible. Each year, 35 to 50 VCOM graduates enter military service, with nearly 450 alumni having joined the U.S. Armed Forces since 2007.

165 Health Professions Scholarship Program current medical students Classes of 2026-2029

40 new military physicians from the Class of 2025 across all campuses

447 military graduates Classes of 2007-2025